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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. Connell has begun watching Peggy's behavior because he has begun to suspect what?

2. What object does Rooney use in a metaphor describing the significance of the scholarship in Connell's life?

3. Connell tells Marianne that his emails are of much higher quality than his what?

4. What color is the notebook in which Connell always writes?

5. Connell reflects upon the fact that capturing an experience on paper makes him feel as if he is capturing it inside what object?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Connell find troubling about the financial arrangements among Marianne, Lorraine, and himself?

3. Describe Helen's impressions of Marianne.

4. What happens to foil Connell's Plan B for staying in Dublin over the summer?

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

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

7. What does it mean to Connell when he wins the full scholarship to graduate school?

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

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

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

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Normal People and analyze Rooney’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Jamie's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Rooney in depicting Jamie and include in your discussion the reasons that Rooney portrays Jamie in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of Marianne’s character throughout the novel Normal People. Discuss whether Marianne is a round or flat character and whether Marianne is a static or dynamic character.

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