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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 Iris keep Laura's notebooks?
2. Where is Iris's favorite bathroom stall?
3. Who hosts a reception for Iris?
4. How does X escape?
5. In what year does Laura die?
Short Essay Questions
1. In chapter 6, the man and the woman talk about love and the way the man often says that love isn't real. Do you think the man truly believes this?
2. Why do you think Richard married Iris?
3. Why does Benjamin Chase marry Adelia?
4. In chapter 5, Laura does something that scares and angers Iris because she thinks it will save her dead mother. What does Laura do?
5. In chapter 4, what is Richard Griffen's stance on creating jobs throughout government stimulus plans implemented in America by Franklin D. Roosevelt?
6. On her deathbed, Iris's mother tells her to promise to do something for her. What does Iris promise her mother she will do?
7. According to the news article in chapter 4, how does Norval Chase respond to the economic depression?
8. Describe the relationship between the man and the woman in 'The Blind Assassin' sub novel in chapter 2.
9. How does Norval Chase respond to the stock market crash and following economic depression?
10. In chapter 1, what is the official conclusion of Laura's cause of death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the relationship between author and story, and fiction and nonfiction as presented in the novel. Iris never explicitly mentions her affair with Alex within the memoir, while her meetings with him serve as the basis for the frame narrative of 'The Blind Assassin'. To what extent do you think 'The Blind Assassin' represents the reality of Iris and Alex's affair and to what extent do you think Iris fictionalizes the story? How does this relate to the novel as a whole? Do you think Atwood's novel is at all based in her own reality? Give examples to support your view from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, the characters, particularly Laura and Iris, make decisions because they are misinformed or ignorant. Discuss the significance of ignorance and oblivion in the novel. According to the woman, she is with the man for oblivion. Does this oblivion necessitate the ignorance regarding the events taking place around her? In what ways does oblivion or ignorance help the characters and in what way does it hinder them? On the other hand, are there any instances in which knowledge is a hindrance?
Essay Topic 3
Laura tells Winifred that marriage is not about love, it is about business. Do you think that the marriages in the novel support this view? Are there any loving marriages or are they all solely business arrangements? Is Laura right to find marriage outdated? Within the marriages that you classify as predominantly business arrangements, is there any elements of love? Do you think that the idea of relationships based on business rather than affection is confined to marriage? What other relationships in the novel are based on business rather than friendship or love?
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