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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. From whom does the protagonist note having stolen cigarettes?

2. Against whom does the protagonist rail in describing her regard for her brother?

3. Near what city does the protagonist note having wanted to live?

4. With which of the following does V end?

5. How old does the protagonist report being when she learned to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist report initially attempting to distract herself from her hallucinations?

2. Why does the protagonist note she was less disturbed at their father’s death than her brother was?

3. How does the protagonist explain her father’s recourse to alternative medicines?

4. How does the interlocutor explain the proscription against potentially entangling items at Stella Maris?

5. How does the interlocutor describe his daughter?

6. What does the protagonist cite as her chief gripe with mental health professionals?

7. What value does the protagonist note accrues in not writing down ideas?

8. Why does the protagonist object to being put on antipsychotic medication?

9. What is the subject of the paper the protagonist sent Grothendieck in advance of arriving at IHES (136)?

10. What hope in solving topological problems does the protagonist note?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stella Maris features only limited paratext, being almost completely consistent in formatting throughout the novel. Only the front matter and back matter vary. What effect does this have upon the reading, and how does the effect come across from the reading?

Essay Topic 2

While the novel is told from a third-person perspective, much of it is narrated by the protagonist rehearsing events to an interlocutor. How reliable is the protagonist of the novel as a narrator? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Stella Maris? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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