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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 color is Maria's door?

2. What is the name of the dog who is a sort of mascot for the warehouse where Leonard works?

3. What clearance level does Leonard have in the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. How many years does Russell estimate that the East German State will survive in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Maria go at the end of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there a pressurized room built around the cables in the tunnel?

2. Describe the Hotel Neva.

3. What fantasy does Leonard begin to have in regards to Maria in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Glass want to interrogate Maria in Chapter 9?

5. What type of relationship does Leonard have with his co-workers in Chapter 7?

6. What does Maria's room look like?

7. What is unique about the way Glass drives?

8. What story does Leonard give the Englishman he meets in Chapter 3 about his work?

9. What compliment does MacNamee give the Americans about the tunnel project in Chapter 7?

10. How does Maria first convince Leonard to stay in her apartment in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the protagonist, Leonard Marnham, presented as a relative protagonist, or a character who does not set action in motion, but who instead reacts to situations and circumstances?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dramatic structure of The Innocent. Use textual evidence to designate the expository, rising action, the climax, falling action and the denouement.

Essay Topic 3

How is the journey of transformation depicted through the character of Leonard as he evolves through the course of the novel?

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