The Comfort of Strangers Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Comfort of Strangers Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why does Colin wear a woman's dressing gown when he awakens?

2. How do people react to the elderly women selling trinkets outside of the hospital?

3. Which of the following is NOT a unique characteristic of the bar Robert takes Mary and Colin to?

4. What does the couple do each evening on the balcony of their hotel room?

5. Why do Mary and Colin not leave the cafe after the waiter shakes his head at their order?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary notice about Colin's body as he lays sleeping in Robert and Caroline's apartment?

2. What are Mary and Colin looking for as they journey through the city? Why?

3. How are Mary and Colin's views on feminism demonstrated through their reactions to a poster hanging on the wall of a Venice building?

4. How does the author initially describe Robert?

5. Who do Mary and Colin notice outside of the street side cafe? How is he the same? How is he different?

6. What does Mary tell Colin she dreams about during their daily naps?

7. How is Mary's reaction to Robert different from Colin's?

8. Describe the setting of the first chapter

9. Why does Mary begin thinking of her children in this chapter? What does she wish she had done?

10. What do Robert's sisters feed him one afternoon? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The past is essential to Robert's development as a character. Discuss at least three events/people from the past that influenced Robert's character. Focus on describing the event as well as discussing how the event determined the person Robert becomes. Be sure to cite specific details from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Select the most sympathetic and least sympathetic characters in the novel. Write an essay:

1) describing why you think each is sympathetic/not sympathetic

2) defend your position using details from the novel

Essay Topic 3

There are several turning points in the plot of this novel. Select two major turning points in the plot and discuss:

1) how the event is a turning point

2) how the story would be different if the event had gone in a different direction.

Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

(see the answer keys)

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