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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 are the thousands of college kids called that have spread themselves across the planet installing cameras in the most remote regions in Book II?

2. What is the name of the anti-kidnapping program developed by Frank?

3. What word from Book I refers to an outcast from society?

4. Where is Frank at a conference when Olivia Santos comes to address the employees at the Circle?

5. What are the names of the Circle employees that are building a submersible for Stenton to take to the Marianas Trench?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the Sahara Desert in the novel?

2. What role does Olivia Santos play in the novel?

3. How is the first feeding described at the aquarium that Mae observes in Book II?

4. What announcement does Mae make along with Bailey at the end of Book I?

5. Why does Mae continue working in CE after her transparency?

6. Why does Mae post a picture of Mercer's chandelier given to her parents in Book I? How does he respond?

7. What is CHAD and what are its benefits?

8. How is the progression of Bailey's Gang of 40 meeting in Book II described?

9. What aspects of her job does Gina introduce Mae to in Book I?

10. Whom does Mae interview on the day of the meeting of medical professionals at the Circle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Annie in the novel. What is Annie's relationship to Mae? What is Annie's position at the Circle? How does Annie's character evolve in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in The Circle. What symbolic images are depicted in the setting of the Circle's campus? What do they represent? What characters in the novel are symbolic? How?

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