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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 does the woman drink with whom the focal character of “The Feminist” first has sex?

2. Kant meets clandestinely with a man wearing a hoodie from which school?

3. Where did Noah hurt his neck?

4. Which of the following does Julian have in his apartment?

5. As which of the following does Kant identify?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kant averse to touch?

2. Why does Kant tell his parents he still plans to have children?

3. Why does the friend of the focal character of “The Feminist” assert he refuses to move past rejection?

4. Why does the focal character of “The Feminist” respond to user coldshoulder02?

5. Why does Alison think The Feminist relishes hearing about her pain?

6. What does Alison note is the “subtext of every post” (67)?

7. Why does Alison retreat into hatred of Neil?

8. Why had the focal character of “The Feminist” thought adults are not looks-obsessed?

9. How does Alison initially react to receiving the picture of herself amid her assignation with Neil?

10. What study about monkeys does the focal character of “The Feminist” note having read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ultimately, in the anthology, what is rejection? What in the text supports your assertion, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the labeling scheme at work in Rejection? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the anthology supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 3

What character is the protagonist of Rejection? How does the anthology support such an assertion?

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