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

2. Who pays for Blue and the narrator's dinner in Chapter VI?

3. Who does Blue think was generous and loyal?

4. What is Blue's response to the narrator's comment on him getting a girl?

5. What is one of the narrator's weaknesses mentioned in Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the vocation Blue found?

5. What does the narrator learn from Blue in their walk around the lake about American Catholicism?

6. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

7. What does the Gothic symbolize for Blue?

8. What do the sixth and seventh letters have in common?

9. Who are the "Spies of God?"

10. According to Blue, what is wrong with the written word?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter VI, when Blue and the narrator reached dinner, the narrator worried aloud that Blue was too serious for the happiest person on earth. It turns out that Blue is frightened due to his happiness. Analyze Blue's thoughts on happiness. What scares Blue about his happiness? What is the cost of happiness? How does Blue think he will have to pay this?

Essay Topic 2

Blue has eleven letters from Mr. Blue. Analyze what the letters reveal about Mr. Blue's character. You may choose to write about one or a few in detail, or all as a collective group.

Essay Topic 3

Writers often write about their own life experiences. What do we know about the life of Miles Connolly? What experiences in Miles Connolly's life led him to write "Mr. Blue"?

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