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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. When Julie had come back from Chilterns, where did she meet Stephen for a brief period?
2. Who does Stephen meet with at Gott who convinces him to change the genre of his book?
3. How is Kate lost?
4. Who invites Stephen to her house on Eaton Square after the resignation?
5. What is Stephen's first book renamed?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Stephen view the sex that he had with Julie in the months afterward?
2. How does Stephen look for Kate when she disappears?
3. How does Julie deal with the loss of Kate by the end of Chapter 1?
4. What does Stephen see at The Bell, and how does it affect him?
5. How does Julie initially cope with Kate's disappearance?
6. How does Hashish become Lemonade?
7. What is Stephen hopeful for as he waits for Julie?
8. How did Charles make the move into politics?
9. What fear do the police instill in Stephen by mentioning the docks?
10. What does Julie do that makes Stephen angry with Julie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Through Stephen, McEwan offers a lens to view the government and corruption via the committees. He describes the officials in The Child In Time as self-serving. Describe the typical government worker in The Child In Time. Do you think this is realistic and characteristic of today? Do you think the issues that McEwan discusses are still relevant today and if so, in what ways?
Essay Topic 2
The government plays a pivotal role in maintaining the status quo and upholding certain expectations of etiquette and power dynamics. Who epitomizes this in The Child In Time? Who questions this? How is rebellion expressed and how is it squashed?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the power of the press in The Child in Time. Is the press objective? Why or why not? What kind of media bias do they reveal? How are they influenced?
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