Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. About what does Leaphorn learn?
2. What does Leaphorn realize the purpose of the list is?
3. Who does Leaphorn see inside apartment 3?
4. What is missing from Highhawk's hook in his office?
5. What is under Highhawk's body?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Fleck follow to the Smithsonian?
2. Describe the conversation between Fleck and the Client and Fleck's reaction afterward.
3. Why do Chee and Highhawk agree to meet at the museum?
4. Describe the conversation between Leroy and Delmar Fleck.
5. What does the recording found with Highhawk reveal?
6. What happens while Highhawk and Chee are sitting in Highhawk's office and what does Chee do?
7. What do the prosecutors offer Highhawk and what is his response?
8. Besides a Yeibichai mask, what else does Chee find of interest in Highhawk's office?
9. What does Fleck read in the newspaper about Cardona and about the man Fleck murders in the desert?
10. What does Jim Chee find in Highhawk's office and what does he think of it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Talking God. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Hillerman chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in Talking God. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Hillerman chooses the metaphors he does?
3. Discuss Hillerman's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Hillerman use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
Essay Topic 2
Talking God belongs to the detective/crime/mystery genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the detective/crime/mystery genre.
2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.
3. What do you think is the difference between a suspense novel and a murder mystery?
4. Many in the world of academe do not see mystery as a serious genre, that its primary purpose is entertainment and not "worthy" of being studied by serious students of literature? Respond to that idea.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Talking God, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
|
This section contains 1,214 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
