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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 two things does Roy crave that drives his every action?
2. What viewpoint does the author take when he tells us about Roy's declaration and what it might lead to?
3. By what name does Roy call his personal bat?
4. Who is Memo Paris?
5. Who are the two friends that Roy makes with the Knights?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the reaction of the fans when The Judge refuses to give Roy a raise. What do they do?
2. What was Roy's reaction when the young newspaper boy asked him if the headlines were true?
3. What did Roy see immediately after he beat up The Judge and left the tower where he was?
4. What happens to Bump when Roy pitches in his place, and why?
5. When Roy is teased about his bat being white, he makes the comment that it is the bat's true color. What does the color white indicate, and how does this apply to Roy's bat?
6. What does The Judge do when Roy asks him for a raise?
7. What purpose does Malamud have for repeatedly using dreams in his story? Why is he employing this technique, and what point of view is it?
8. Why does Roy go back to the lake, and what happens to him?
9. How does Roy feel about Iris after he meets her in person. Why does he feel this way?
10. Discuss the ways that The Judge is a hypocrite.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dreams appear throughout The Natural. Choose a couple of scenes including dreams and discuss how the dream scene relates to the overall narrative and its themes.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how the unfolding of Roy's character throughout the novel is related to the seasonal aspects of the vegetative myths from Arthurian tales.
Essay Topic 3
Malamud tells us that sometimes when Hobbs watched the baseball come to him before hitting it, he thought it looked like all circles, and he didn't like circles. He made the statement that circles just bring you back to the place you started from. Explain that theme from the novel, coming back to where you started. What examples from the novel illustrate that theme?
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