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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 type of wine is served at the company party after Mae's first day at the Circle?

2. What is the name of the program that is a romantic matching service introduced at Innovation Day in Book I?

3. What has Mae's father been taken to the hospital in Book I?

4. What are the people who are the most important in the company at the Circle called?

5. Who does Kalden save Mae from at the circus performance at the Circle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the campus of the Circle described? Where is it located?

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

3. How is Mae's first office described that is shown to her by Renata? How does Mae respond to the setting?

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

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

6. Who is Frank and how does Mae meet him?

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

8. What is symbolized by the glass walls in the offices of the Circle's campus?

9. In what department does Mae begin working at the Circle? What are her duties?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Mercer in The Circle. What is Mercer's relationship to Mae? How do Mercer's opinions and views of technology and the advances of the Circle differ from Mae's? What happens to Mercer in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mae's family and their medical struggles. From what condition does Mae's father struggle? Why does he have difficulty dealing with his insurance company regarding his illness? How does Mae help her parents in this regard?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Frank in the novel. What is Frank's relationship with Mae? Why do Mae and Frank stop talking to one another? How is their relationship amended?

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