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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. In April of 2012, Connell is most nervous about which final assignment?
2. What city does the group staying at Marianne's house plan to visit on one of the days of the visit?
3. Who tells Connell that Marianne is in a relationship with a new man after her split from Connell?
4. What color is the notebook in which Connell always writes?
5. Connell tells Marianne that his emails are of much higher quality than his what?
Short Essay Questions
1. By April of 2012, Connell and Marianne have fallen into a certain routine. What is it?
2. What happens to prevent Connell from enacting his plan to stay in Dublin over the summer?
3. What is Connell doing in July of 2013?
4. For what reason does Connell procrastinate when enacting his back-up plan for summer housing?
5. What does it mean to Connell when he wins the full scholarship to graduate school?
6. Who is Helen?
7. What does it mean to Marianne when she wins the full scholarship to graduate school, according to Connell?
8. What plans does Marianne make for her third year of college?
9. How do Connell and Marianne come to meet up in Europe during the summer of 2013?
10. What simile does Rooney use to describe Connell's feelings about writing and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
What messages does Rooney send about the cycle of abuse and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
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