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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. Where is the narrator's new office?

2. What does the narrator do to make sure the waitress lets the dog into the restaurant?

3. Who is one of the narrator's favorite actors?

4. Who is the narrator meeting the day after he hears about his settlement?

5. How much does the narrator pay for the apartment building he buys in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the terms of the narrator's settlement?

2. What strange fantasy does the narrator indulge in in Part I regarding the young homeless man?

3. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

4. What specific neighbors does the narrator recall from his past apartment building?

5. Who eventually helps connect the narrator with the person who runs his apartment project for him, and how does he do this?

6. What are some of the accommodations and deals the narrator has to make to have his apartment dream become a reality?

7. What actor does the narrator become fixated upon, and why?

8. Early in Part II, what project does the narrator become engrossed in?

9. Why do people at David's party become really angry with the narrator?

10. Who does the narrator become fascinated with at the end of Part I, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the protagonist use the models he has made for him of the different places he fixates upon for his reenactments? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some elements of the physical world that repulse and stymie the narrator, and why do these elements seem to have the triggering effect they do? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolism of the crack in the wall that the narrator becomes obsessed with after encountering it at the party early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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