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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 does Dr. Lattimore tell Julian?

2. To whom does the gypsy woman predict something bad would happen?

3. What is Julian not up to recalling?

4. Why does Alfredo introduce Julian to Hannah?

5. To whom did Libor make a promise to live for a certain event?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sam's response to Julian's story about the mugging?

2. How do Sam and Tyler respond to Sam's invitation to join the ASHamed Jews?

3. What does Julian not understand about his friend Libor?

4. What position has Hephzibah recently taken on and why does Julian think she was chosen for the new position?

5. About what do Sam and Tyler feel ashamed?

6. How does Hephzibah cause Julian to believe his fate is playing itself out with her?

7. What does a Gypsy woman tell Julian when he is on a school holiday in Barcelona?

8. What agreement do Julian and Hephzibah make?

9. What debates does Julian think about as he walks to Regent's Park and what is Julian's thought about what Libor says?

10. Why does Julian tell Libor about the mugging, and what is Libor's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Finkler Question? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Finkler Question including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Finkler Question and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Finkler Question, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Finkler Question. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Finkler Question belongs to the comic novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the comic novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a comic novel and a mystery?

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