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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the following quotation by Blue in Chapter VI: "Once heroes built fortresses against the Mongol and the Saracen; now they must build fortresses against _____________."

2. How does the narrator know where to find Blue's hospital cot?

3. What is the title of the one serious poem written by Blue in Chapter V?

4. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?

5. How does the narrator prove that Blue is a real person?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

2. What is the first letter about and what does it say about Blue?

3. How does Blue feel about those who read?

4. Do you think Blue is a real person?

5. Describe Blue's tone at dinner in Chapter VI.

6. Which letter concerns forgiveness? How so?

7. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

8. Would you consider Blue to be a deep thinker?

9. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?

10. In what letter does Blue describe his view of the end of the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a literary critique of "Mr. Blue." Include the following:

· What is the author's purpose in writing the story?

· What is the author's underlying belief about the topic?

· Do you agree with the author's conclusions?

· Does the writing follow a conventional plot diagram?

· Is the conflict made clear?

· Do you agree with the author's resolution of the conflict?

· Is there enough evidence throughout the novel to support the events that take place?

Essay Topic 2

In Blue's story in Chapter III, all Christians had been exterminated. The world ends when White performs Mass and God destroys the world and makes it anew. Analyze Blue's philosophy of religion as revealed in the story in Chapter III.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter VI ends with Blue giving the narrator a card that reads "The cross is the gift God gives his friends." Analyze this card, where it came from and what meaning it has for Blue and the narrator.

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