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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 is Orwell’s father’s name?

2. In "The Dead Interview," what does Orwell call bodies?

3. In "The Dead Interview," why did Orwell choose Orwell as his penname?

4. Why can Atwood not serve as a medium in "The Dead Interview"?

5. In "Bad Teeth," what did Csilla deny stealing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Duke want to marry Pat?

2. What is Orwell’s perspective on female writers?

3. What happens between the narrator and her mother during her father’s funeral?

4. What happened between the narrator and her boyfriend Brian?

5. How does Orwell feel about being called a Communist?

6. What does Csilla look like?

7. In "My Evil Mother," what is the narrator’s mother’s backstory with Miss. Scace?

8. What is the plot of François' play?

9. What does John’s country house look like in “Two Scorched Men”?

10. Who is Jason and why did Csilla contact him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how Atwood’s use of frame story helps illustrate and enhance the overall story’s meaning in "Impatient Griselda " or "Two Scorched Men." Select elements that the frame story addresses that play a larger thematic role in the overall story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay arguing why one of Atwood's stories plays into or against tropes of the genre it belongs to. Make sure you identify the genre and the stereotypical tropes that belong to it. How does playing into or against its genre affect your reception of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about why understanding the setting of “Two Scorched Men” is crucial for understanding the story’s meaning. How do you believe the story is shaped by the context of World War II?

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