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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. For what kind of book award was Anderson nominated for her creation of the novel Speak?
2. Anderson's husband calculated that she spoke to how many teens between publishing Speak and publishing SHOUT?
3. A family member of Anderson's likes to say that people should follow their nightmares, "cuz once you figure out what's eating you alive/you can" (158) take what action?
4. What is the name of the priest featured at the center of the poem entitled "a boy, a priest unholy" (244)?
5. What term did the author of MONSTER use to describe his relationship with Anderson?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the motif of dreams enter Anderson’s poetry memoir?
2. What quality of icebergs does Anderson liken to her move to Washington, D.C. in the poem entitled “calving iceberg” (138) and why?
3. For what purpose did Anderson go to Denmark and for how long did she stay?
4. What two elements does Anderson contrast within the poem “triptych” (210) and for what purpose?
5. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict her return to the United States after her time in Denmark?
6. How does the theme of isolation enter the part of the memoir dealing with Anderson’s time at Georgetown University?
7. Whom does Anderson credit with teaching her everything she knows about (170) her “responsibility to [her] readers”?
8. To what location is Anderson referring when she discusses her “last leaving” and her “predawn trip” in the poem “calving iceberg” (138)?
9. How does the theme of family bonds enter the part of the memoir about Anderson’s return home from Denmark?
10. In what way does Anderson characterize the way in which her life and her stories intersect?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Anderson instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of SHOUT.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Anderson’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of SHOUT. How does Anderson use ethos, pathos, and logos within her verse memoir in order to persuade the reader of key messages central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 3
Determine Anderson’s message within the poetry memoir SHOUT regarding the idea that gender norms and societal expectations are still ruling young women’s lives, even in the twenty-first century.
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