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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 is the name of the man Leonard meets in Chapter 20?

2. Who carries the cases out of Maria's apartment?

3. What are the names of Maria's friends who come to the engagement party?

4. What do Maria and Leonard do when they realize that someone is in the room with them in Chapter 16?

5. Who comes to Leonard's apartment as a transport officer in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leonard view London during his holiday visit?

2. How does Maria look when Leonard goes to see her in Chapter 21?

3. How does Maria look when Leonard sees her at the airport in Chapter 22?

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

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

6. Why is Maria afraid to call the police in Chapter 17?

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

8. In Chapter 21, now that the tunnel has been discovered how does MacNamee view the success of the project?

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

10. How do Leonard's parent's view Maria in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the character of Glass compare and contrast with the character of Leonard and what themes arise from the comparison of these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the point of view utilized by McEwan in The Innocent. As this was a deliberate choice, discuss why McEwan may have selected the view he did and how the view employed was effective in the development of important themes. Make sure to cite specific textual examples to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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