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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. What percentage of the free-mail market does the Circle control?

2. How many employees work at the main campus of the Circle where Mae begins working in Book I?

3. What is the name of Mae's father?

4. Who is the Nobel Prize winner that Mae missed seeing on her third day at the Circle?

5. What is in the center of the room in the secret chamber that Annie shows Mae in the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Mae's father had a difficult time dealing with his insurance company in Book I?

2. How do Mercer and Mae differ in their perceptions of technology and the internet?

3. Why does Mae find it to be surprising that Annie has become a member of the Gang of 40?

4. How does Mae help her parents with their insurance struggles?

5. Who are the Three Wise Men at the Circle and what are their positions?

6. How does Mae initially meet Kalden? How is this meeting described?

7. What project at the Circle relates to the Marianas Trench?

8. How does the narrator describe the couple Mae meets on their barge in Book I?

9. How does the narrator describe Mae and Annie's history in Book I?

10. Who is Mercer and what is his relationship to Mae?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the character of Mae Holland as the protagonist of The Circle. Is Mae a hero or an anti-hero? Why? What are Mae's circumstances in the beginning of the novel? How does her character change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in The Circle. What does family represent to Mae? How do Mae's perceptions of family change in the course of the narrative? What symbolism and/or imagery relates to this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concepts of "transparency" and "Clarifications" in the novel. What are the definitions of these terms? Who are the first characters to go transparent and what does this process entail?

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