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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 is Annabelle's profession in "The Therapist"?
2. Who announces that he intends to go see Leonard at the museum in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?
3. What memento of her sister's does Caroleen give to the teenager who shops for her in "Parallel Lines"?
4. The writer in "A Life In Fictions" asks his muse about writing an epic novel with her as the central character. After thinking about it, she agrees under what one condition?
5. Who lost his wife to breast cancer four years earlier in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author introduce the cult in "The Cult Of The Nose"?
2. What is the objective of the cashier in "Land Of The Lost"?
3. What had Maggie Blevin been in charge of at the museum in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"? Who remembers her in the beginning of the story?
4. What does Dr. Kobel do when Annabelle answers her door in "The Therapist"?
5. How are Rex Fisch and his peers described in "Stories"?
6. How does Lief attempt to return to the planet in "Leif In The Wind"?
7. How does Caroleen feel when she understands her sister's true objective in "Parallel Lines"?
8. What does Ava consider about her pregnancy in the beginning of "Let the Past Begin"?
9. Describe the trial in "The Therapist." Who is the prosecuting attorney?
10. How does the cycle of fictions begin in "A Life in Fictions"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the literary style of author Neil Gaiman and analyze the characters and setting of "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains." How do Calum and the dwarf compare as characters? Who is the protagonist?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the plot and themes in "Fossil-Figures", and compare the brothers Edward and Edgar in the narrative. Who do you relate the most to in the narrative? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the characters of Ava, Eamon and Lamiya in "Let the Past Begin." What are the themes and symbolism in the story? What does Ava fear about her child?
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