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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. Marianne tells Connell that she does not know why she is unable to make people take what action?

2. During lunch at her house, Connell wants to tell Marianne that she looks like a what?

3. During the month of July in 2012, how often does Marianne return home to Carricklea?

4. Before Connell meets Jamie, Marianne gives Connell what instruction?

5. Who shatters one of Marianne's coupe champagne glasses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Helen?

2. How does Connell react to the split between him and Marianne and how does Marianne handle it?

3. How is the motif of violence depicted within Connell's feelings about Jamie?

4. What are Connell's impressions of Alan and from whence do these impressions emerge?

5. What simile does Rooney use to describe Connell's feelings about writing and why?

6. By April of 2012, Connell and Marianne have fallen into a certain routine. What is it?

7. How are the issues of privilege and class differences depicted within Peggy's experiences?

8. Discuss Rooney's use of a literary device to depict, foreshadow, or imply violence.

9. When Connell finds that he will not be able to pay rent over the summer in his Dublin flat, what is his back-up plan?

10. How do Connell and Marianne come to meet up in Europe during the summer of 2013?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Normal People and what is Rooney’s message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Rooney send about the cycle of abuse and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Rooney instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Normal People.

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