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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 test is usually used to diagnose Paul's disorder?

2. What suggestion of the principal's does Paul agree with?

3. Outside the restaurant, what additional information does Michel reveal to Paul?

4. On the night of the dinner, when Paul is finally able to see the end of the cell phone video, what does he discover?

5. When Beau, Rick, and Michel started throwing trash, what item nearly hit a woman in the head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effects does Paul's medication have on him?

2. What does Paul order for dessert and what are his thoughts on it?

3. How does Paul's house appear when Babette and Serge visit while Claire is in the hospital?

4. What does Paul consider about children when speaking with the psychologist in Chapter 31?

5. How does Paul deal with Michel while Claire is ill?

6. What happens with Paul and the owner of the bike shop?

7. Where does Paul find the new video of the crime? What is it labeled as?

8. How does Paul set up dinners for he and Michel while Claire is in the hospital?

9. Why does Paul wish for a war or terrorist attack in Chapter 24?

10. Why does Serge and Babette come to Paul's home when Claire is in the hospital? How does Paul respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore Paul's and Serge's career paths. What does it take to succeed in politics vs. the classroom? What skills does one have that the other lacks? What skills and strengths do they share?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Paul's history of violence that is revealed through the course of the narrative. When did Paul begin exhibiting violent behavior? What is revealed to be the root of Paul's violence? What is the significance of Paul's violence to the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of of race and class privilege as explored in The Dinner. How are these themes developed through character, action, circumstances, and symbolism? How would the events and circumstances of the novel differ if the characters were not affluent and white?

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