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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. How much is the grant for that the Department of Education has granted to the Circle in Book II?

2. Where does Mae go to eat with Renata, Denise, and Josiah after the governor goes transparent in Book II?

3. What is the most popular of the signs that have appeared on the Circle's campus in Book II (311)?

4. Who is the woman that appears to feed Stenton's shark in Book II?

5. How many survey questions does Mae complete on her third day doing them in Book I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Mae's arrest in Book I? Why is she released?

2. How do Mae's parents seem on her second visit to see them after her father has been covered by Mae's health plan?

3. How does Annie respond to Mae when Mae first finds her after her return from overseas in Book II?

4. What creatures from the Marianas Trench are introduced in Book II?

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

6. Why does Annie worry about Kalden?

7. Why does Mae worry about her first sexual encounter with Frank?

8. Where does Mae meet Kalden the second time? Where does he take her?

9. What is CHAD and what are its benefits?

10. What does Mae encounter when she goes home to confront her parents about the blacking out of cameras in Book II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Three Wise Men and what is their role at the Circle? How old are these three characters? What interactions does Mae have with each of the Three Wise Men? What are the objectives of each of these characters?

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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