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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 adjective is used to describe Connell's feelings about sex?
2. What color is Lorraine's hair?
3. Connell will remain connected to his current social group if he chooses a college in what location?
4. Connell sees which characteristic of Marianne's as one he does not share?
5. What story is told frequently at school about Marianne?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Connell's mother Lorraine employed?
2. To what action of Rob's does Connell object and why?
3. What had Connell's sexual experiences been like prior to meeting Marianne?
4. What event brings Lorraine and Connell to the hospital in April of 2011?
5. How is the theme of self-deception demonstrated within the novel?
6. What comment of Marianne's does Connell repeat to himself and why?
7. What comment does Marianne make about her appearance when she sees Connell for the first time since high school and how does he react?
8. What are the conditions under which Connell tells Marianne that he loves her?
9. What event occurs just prior to Marianne's decision to quit high school?
10. Characterize Marianne's view of high school.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Rooney’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Normal People.
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Rooney’s novel Normal People. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Rooney’s focus on the theme of control in Normal People. What message is Rooney sending about the desire to control and to be controlled?
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