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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. Why does Kay dismiss Delphine's confession?
2. How does Carriscant learn about Kay?
3. What does Carriscant do in Guam?
4. What does Carriscant do to cause an old Philippine man to laugh at him?
5. What does Carriscant tell Sieverance?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who calls in Carriscant to examine his ill wife?
2. Why does Carriscant fight Wieland?
3. What does Cruz show Carriscant in Cruz's operating room and what does Carriscant think of what he is seeing?
4. How does Carriscant manage to see Delphine alone for a few minutes?
5. What do Bobby and Carriscant discuss about the recent murder?
6. Where is Seiverance going and what does he do in preparation?
7. Why is Cruz enraged and Carriscant embarrassed?
8. What does Carriscant contemplate doing after fighting with Wieland?
9. How does Annaliese become pregnant with Kay?
10. What happens to Carriscant's Chinese patient, and what does this set Carriscant to thinking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think The Blue Afternoon is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of truth in The Blue Afternoon. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of love in The Blue Afternoon. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of illusions and beliefs in The Blue Afternoon. What are some of the beliefs the characters hold that may be illusions? How does denial fit in with the theme of illusions and beliefs? How do false beliefs shape some of the characters' lives?
Essay Topic 3
Pantaleon's obsession with his aircraft mirrors Carriscant's developing obsession with Delphine; both men become entirely irrational in their pursuits. Pantaleon seems to desire external validation by winning an award. Carriscant becomes caught up inadvertently in Pantaleon's obsession as the narrative develops.
1. Explain what is meant by the first sentence above and why or why not you agree with it. Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
2. Discuss the dichotomy of an apparently intelligent physician being unable to overcome his obsession with a married woman even to the point of an affair and making her pregnant. Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
3. Discuss the relationship between the strict social classes in the Philippines and Pantaleon's desire for external validation. Use examples from your life and The Blue Afternoon to support your discussion.
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