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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 "bomb" does Ellen Cherry get in the mail?
2. What is the nickname that the Berliners make up for Spike Cohen's family?
3. Where is the first place Ellen Cherry goes after she leaves art school?
4. Why do the objects begin to suspect that Ellen Cherry might be able to help them?
5. Who do the objects send to follow Turn Around Norman?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Buddy goes to answer a knock at his door, he has an erection from reading about a Christian wife who goes to bed with her make-up on. What does this incident tell us about Buddy?
2. What are some ways you can interpret Boomer's spy coat sculpture in which he declares his love for Ellen Cherry in a 500 different encoded messages?
3. What do you think Robbins is saying by personifying objects and having them secretly move?
4. What are the the origins of Spike Cohen's foot fetish?
5. Dirty Sock seems to the be the only one of the objects who takes on a particular human's personality. Whose personality does Dirty Sock usurp and do you think this is significant in some way?
6. Why do you think that Ellen Cherry wants Boomer to call her "Jezebel" when they are intimate?
7. Describe Turn Around Norman's Activity. How is it important in the novel?
8. What do you think is significant about the fact that Boomer and Ellen Cherry wake up Painted Stick and Conch Shell?
9. At the end of this section, Buddy avoids getting a speeding ticket by using his saxophone voice and preaching to the police officer. Is this realistic and why do you think Robbins includes it in the story?
10. Why does Boomer turn an airstream into a Turkey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Work out a detailed character analysis of Buddy. Consider his political and religious views, his actions, his desires, his past, his physical appearance, and his voice. Is he a consistent character? Can you discover some hint of his psychological condition? What leads him to his radical views? Does he strike you as a realistic character? How does his personality play into the action of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Several ideas about art and the role of the artist are explored throughout the novel. Choose three characters and compare their ideas of art and the artist. In order to accomplish this, you have to define or characterize each character's theory or art. You may choose any character that you can develop a coherent theory of art for, but some of the more obvious choices are Ellen Cherry, Boomer, Ultima, and Buddy.
Essay Topic 3
Compare the two stories of Salome. How does the ancient version of Salome compare to the modern version? The ancient Salome performs the Dance of the Seven Veils in exchange for John the Baptist's head on a plate. The modern Salome dances in response to Ellen Cherry's mural during the Super Bowl.
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