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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 the name of the building the narrator eventually buys?

2. Where does Catherine suggest investing in charitable works?

3. What is the name of the narrator's project manager at the company the lawyer puts the narrator in touch with?

4. What happens to the narrator's shares in Part II?

5. What area does the narrator have particular trouble in in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see at David Simpson's party that changes his life?

3. How does the narrator eventually find the property he buys?

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

5. What does Matthew Younger suggest to the narrator about his investments in Part II?

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

7. What does the narrator do when he hears about the amount of his settlement?

8. What is very unusual about the narrator's initial request of his building project to Nazrul (Naz)?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effect does the 8 million pound settlement end up having, at the end of the novel, on the protagonist's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator treat the reenactors he hires for his scenes and whims, and what does his treatment of the reenactors signal to the reader about his mindset and his character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does the protagonist's inability and complete refusal to take Matthew Younger's advice about his investments shape the plot and outcome of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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