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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. What is the narrator's reply to Blue's comment, "My old friend, Mr. Compromiser."

2. At the end of Chapter VI, what subway entrance do Blue and the narrator stop outside of?

3. After the narrator leaves the hospital, who comes to visit Blue?

4. Fill in the following quote about books from Blue in Chapter VI: "Books are for people who cannot _________________."

5. Fill in the following quote from one of Blue's letters: "People remember sorrow much longer than they remember ___________."

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

2. Who are the "Spies of God?"

3. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

4. How does Blue feel about those who read?

5. Which letter concerns forgiveness? How so?

6. What does Blue give the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?

7. What is the difference between a vow of poverty in a religious order and the vow of poverty that Blue took?

8. What is the narrators reaction to Blue's plan in Chapter VII to live among the poor?

9. What values of Blue's do the eighth, ninth and tenth letters defend?

10. What is the narrator's response to Blue's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mr. Blue can easily be described as eccentric. Using examples from the text, describe Mr. Blue's eccentricities.

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Blue was published in 1928, three years after the legendary novel, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In many ways, Blue is the anti-Gatsby. Examine the similarities and differences between the two novels, "Mr. Blue" and "The Great Gatsby."

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