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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. Where does Martin Kobel meet Annabelle by chance in "The Therapist"?
2. What does the attache's wife do while he is gone to war in "The Cult of the Nose"?
3. Who lost his wife to breast cancer four years earlier in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"?
4. What does Quirinus cite as the reason he moves from the area in "The Devil on the Staircase"?
5. What does Martin Kobel's specialize in the story "The Therapist"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Lief's crew mates think of his behavior in "Leif In The Wind"? Where is the story set?
2. How does Lief attempt to return to the planet in "Leif In The Wind"?
3. What happens when the attache leaves the war in "The Cult Of The Nose"?
4. What profession did Quirinus' father have in "The Devil On The Staircase"? How is the setting described?
5. What bizarre events take place in the beginning of "Parallel Lines"?
6. What does Leonard hope to create in "The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon"? Why?
7. How does the cycle of fictions begin in "A Life in Fictions"?
8. Where did Quirinus go to work after his father's death in "The Devil On The Staircase"? Who does he become infatuated with?
9. What does Dr. Kobel believe Annabelle is under the influence of in "The Therapist"? Where does he follow her?
10. Who does Quirinus first murder in "The Devil On The Staircase"? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of "revenge" in "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains." What symbolism and imagery support this theme? How?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the themes and imagery in "Weights and Measures." What is symbolic about the dollhouse in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the fisherman in "Catch and Release." For what reason did the serial killer begin this method of working? How does he feel at the end of the story?
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