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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 information causes the Italian police to become less sympathetic towards Mary?
2. How is the beach setting described as at the beginning of this chapter?
3. Where do Mary and Colin go initially after leaving the beach?
4. What does Mary do as she sits with Colin's body?
5. What condition does Caroline tell Mary she must meet before she will disclose how she hurt her back?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Mary's fantasy of "subjection and humiliation" for Colin? What is Colin's fantasy for Mary?
2. Why does Robert hold Colin's hand as they walk to the bar? What does he tell people about their relationship?
3. How does Mary's reaction to Robert's photograph differ from Colin's?
4. What does Colin say in response to Robert's monologue on gender relations? How does Robert respond to Colin's comment?
5. Describe the scene in the ocean involving Mary and Colin.
6. What does Mary find in Robert and Caroline's bedroom? What is the source of this?
7. Why doesn't Mary respond much to Caroline's stories? What is likely the source of her silence?
8. How do Mary and Caroline's views on theatre differ? How are they the same?
9. Why do Mary and Colin leave late for the beach? What is the motivation behind their change of plans?
10. Describe the scene when Mary awakens with a shout in the middle of the night.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwan foreshadows the tragic final event in the novel. Select three events in the novel that foreshadow this event. Discuss how these events act as foreshadowing and how their significance becomes evident when the final scene occurs.
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
While Mary's children never appear in the novel, their influence is felt on the story. In your essay:
1) describe Mary's children and their life circumstances.
2) discuss at least two events where the children play a role in the scene
3) discuss the significance of the children in the scene. What do they represent?
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the men and women in this novel. How are the female characters similar/different? How are the male characters similar/different? Then discuss why you think the author presents this variety of male and female characters in the novel. Be sure to cite specific evidence from the novel to support your ideas.
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