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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 narrator choose as his next reenactment in the end of Part IV?

2. What does the narrator ask the motorbike man to do in Part III that he has never asked before?

3. What happens on Coldharbour Lane in Part III?

4. Why is the narrator upset with the pianist in Part III?

5. Who has to be hired to take care of the first major problem in the apartment project in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor who examines the narrator conclude about the narrator in Part IV?

2. What is wrong with the plants the Portuguese plant specialist brings with her to the new building?

3. Why does the narrator get so angry at the pianist in Part III?

4. What does the narrator do with Roger's models of the various scenes that interest him?

5. In Part IV, what event does the narrator become obsessed with reenacting?

6. In Part IV, what does the narrator realize about when he felt the most authentic since his accident?

7. What does the narrator ask the pianist to do in Part IV?

8. In Part IV, what kind of reenactment does the narrator ask for that is a departure from the other ones he has asked ror?

9. What events does the narrator become obsessed with in general in Part IV?

10. What is one unanticipated problem with cooking the liver in Chapter 9?

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's receipt of the 8 million pounds in compensation affect his closest personal relationships in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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