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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 Ellen Cherry resolve with regard to Turn Around Norman?
2. What name does Ellen Cherry Charles' father call her?
3. What does Ellen Cherry invite Boomer to do in order to seduce him?
4. Why do the objects begin to suspect that Ellen Cherry might be able to help them?
5. What is the fifth veil?
Short Essay Questions
1. Robbins writes, "Those people who recognize that imagination is reality's master, we call 'sages', and those who act upon it, we call 'artists.'" What do you think he means by this and why is the distinction important?
2. What are the the origins of Spike Cohen's foot fetish?
3. The fifth veil has to do with removing the illusion of the value of money. Is money's value really an illusion? Explain why or why not.
4. What do you think Robbins is saying by personifying objects and having them secretly move?
5. What does Robbins say about religion at the end of the Fourth Veil?
6. Describe why Boomer says he feels guilty about his success as an artist.
7. What is the relationship between the first veil that is revealed and the actions of the novel so far?
8. Describe Abu Hadee's history, as it's recounted in "The Fourth Veil"?
9. Describe Turn Around Norman's Activity. How is it important in the novel?
10. What do we learn about Boomer Petway in the first few sections of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore the significance of Isaac and Ishmael's. Describe the symbolism of the restaurant as well as it's political implications. The narrator talks a lot about this in the fourth veil, when the restaurant is introduced. Include this information, but don't limit your discussion to it. You may also want to consider the significance of Spike and Abu's backgrounds and characters.
Essay Topic 2
Compare the contrast the two radically different political positions represented by Spike and Abu on the one hand and Buddy on the other. What do they each think about the conflict in the middle east? How do their ideas, both about it's background and the best possible resolution to the conflict, differ? Consider the problem or issue of interpretation in history.
Essay Topic 3
Track the allusions to Wolfmother Wallpaper. Who or what is Wolfmother Wallpaper? What function do the allusions to Wolfmother Wallpaper play in the novel, if any?
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