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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. Who consoles Marianne outside after her coupe champagne glass is shattered?
2. Connell's correspondence with Marianne includes "lots of links to" (161) what?
3. Marianne tells Connell that she does not know why she is unable to make people take what action?
4. What is the name of the location at which Connell runs into Miss Neary once he is in college?
5. Who shatters one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does it mean to Marianne when she wins the full scholarship to graduate school, according to Connell?
2. What does it mean to Connell when he wins the full scholarship to graduate school?
3. For what reason does Connell procrastinate when enacting his back-up plan for summer housing?
4. What is Marianne's reply when Peggy asks about Marianne's hang-ups?
5. Describe Helen's impressions of Marianne.
6. How is the motif of violence depicted within Connell's feelings about Jamie?
7. Who is Helen?
8. What are Connell's impressions of Alan and from whence do these impressions emerge?
9. Discuss Rooney's use of a literary device to depict, foreshadow, or imply violence.
10. How are the issues of privilege and class differences depicted within Peggy's experiences?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Connell’s character throughout the novel Normal People. Discuss whether Connell is a round or flat character and whether Connell is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rooney's choice to tell the story of Normal People using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Rooney’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the novel Normal People from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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