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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 band is playing at the Colony when Frank and Mae go out for the first time?

2. Who is Mae's unit leader when she begins working at the Circle?

3. From what disease does Mae's father suffer?

4. How far is Eamon Bailey's house from the Circle?

5. What lines the walls of the first cubicle that Renata takes Mae to at the Circle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is CircleSocial and what are its subcategories?

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

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

4. How is the setting of the welcoming party described on Mae's first day at the Circle?

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

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

7. Who is Alistair and how does Mae first meet him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of irony in The Circle. What are examples of dramatic irony in the novel? What are examples of verbal irony? How is situational irony applied? What does each example serve to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Where does Mae begin working at the Circle? What are her job duties? How do these job duties change as her work continues? What does Mae think of her job in this department?

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