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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. How does Leonard pass the days before his departure from Berlin in Chapter 21?

2. Who gives a prepared speech at Leonard and Maria's engagement party?

3. How was Otto injured during the war which caused him to be transferred to a signals regiment?

4. What does Leonard buy to take with him on the airplane in Chapter 22?

5. Who does MacNamee plan to give a recommendation of Leonard to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maria think that Otto has hidden in her wardrobe in Chapter 16?

2. Why is Leonard nervous to take too many rests with his cases in Chapter 19?

3. How does Leonard first feel when he hears the news from Bob that the tunnel has been found by the Soviets?

4. What does the note Leonard receive from MacNamee in Chapter 20 contain?

5. What piece of advice does Mr. Blake give Leonard in Chapter 15?

6. In Chapter 21, why does Leonard long to be able to tell someone official about Otto and exactly what happened?

7. As Leonard is leaving the apartment in Chapter 18, what emotion does he feel towards Maria and the apartment?

8. What does Leonard think that he has entered into, in Chapter 19, when he arrives home?

9. How does Leonard feel when he reads the newspaper?

10. Describe how Leonard finds Maria in her apartment in Chapter 14.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout The Innocent, McEwan uses imagery as a metaphor for the plot and character development. Give three specific examples of these metaphors and how they relate specific actions in the plot and/or character development. Discuss why or why not they are effective as literary tools augmenting the general action.

Essay Topic 2

In The Innocent a lot of focus is given to the issues of right versus wrong. Using specific characters and situations discuss how McEwan highlights this dichotomy and specifically how the idea of right versus wrong relates to good versus evil.

Essay Topic 3

Expound and elucidate upon the following statement using at least three different episodes from the novel: Maria's character can be seen as carefully balanced on the fine line between archetype and stereotype.

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