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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 floor of the hotel does Dr. Adler live on?
2. Where does Dr. Adler think Wilhelm should be living?
3. Who cautions Wilhelm against trusting Dr. Tamkin?
4. What does Wilhelm expect from his father that he can't seem to get?
5. What does Dr. Adler suggest that Wilhelm cut back on?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Wilhelm use the car he parks on the street in the city? Where does he go?
2. Is Dr. Adler respected by the others at the Hotel? How do you know?
3. Is Maurice Venice truly interested in Wilhelm? Why or why not?
4. What is the reason Wilhelm gives Mr. Perls in Chapter 2 for not having a job?
5. Why is Wilhelm not more supportive of Catherine's artistic pursuits? What is significant about this?
6. What is the significance of the power of attorney document that Wilhelm signs for Tamkin?
7. How does Margaret make Wilhelm feel when she harps on him for money?
8. Wilhelm says of Tamkin, "I am on his back--his back." What does he mean by this?
9. Wilhelm tells his father that he won't let the Rojax Corporation get away with pushing him out because, "It's a question of morale." What did he mean to say?
10. Describe the guests at the Hotel Gloriana.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Poetry is quintessential to shaping this story, and reappears throughout the novel. Select one of the following topics:
1. When Wilhelm was sick, Margaret nursed him and read him poetry. In particular, he recalls a few lines of one of the poems she read. What is the significance of this poem? What does it mean for Wilhelm's character development? At what point in the story is this poem revealed? Why is this significant to the story?
2. Before going to the market, Tamkin gives Wilhelm a poem that he claims to have penned just for him. What is the significance of this poem? What does it mean for Wilhelm's character development? At what point in the story is this poem revealed? Why is this significant to the story?
3. Throughout the story, Wilhelm recalls a book of poetry he had read in college. Specifically, it's the line, "Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor." What is the significance of this poem? What does it mean for Wilhelm's character development? Does the meaning of this statement change as we learn more about Wilhelm and the circumstances of his life?
Essay Topic 2
Dr. Adler and Wilhelm are two important characters in Seize the Day and have a major impact on the course of the story.
Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. Adler and Wilhelm. How are they the same? How are they different?
Part 2) How would we see Wilhelm differently if Dr. Adler had never been introduced as a character?
Part 3) Who is the better father, Dr. Adler or Wilhelm? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.
Essay Topic 3
Persuasion is an important motif throughout the book.
Part 1) How is persuasion used in the book to influence the main character, Wilhelm? Be specific with quotes and examples from the text.
Part 2) What techniques does the narrator use to persuade us, the readers, to feel a certain why? Cite examples of this.
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