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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 did Mae earn her degree in while at college?

2. What system is the founder of the Circle responsible for?

3. What is Annie's last name?

4. What percentage of the search market does the Circle control?

5. What are the names of the harbor seals that the couple on the barge describe to Mae in Book I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Dr. Villalobas described and how does Mae meet her?

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

5. Where did Mae grow up? How is this setting described?

6. What happens at the Ideas Talk that Mae attends with Frank in Book I?

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

8. What is CircleSocial and what are its subcategories?

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

10. Describe the character of Mae as she is introduced in the beginning of the novel. What are Mae's circumstances as the story begins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of The Circle. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and the denouement of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Where did Mae grow up? How is this setting described? What does Mae think of her hometown versus her setting near the Circle?

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