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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. Who does Lila Mae visit?

2. What is unusual about the fact that James Fulton's initials were on the inspection record?

3. What do Lila Mae and Natchez initially have in common?

4. Why is Jim Murphy's personality like?

5. What does Lila Mae decide to do at the end of Down: Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Johnny Shush?

2. What does Lila Mae Watson do for a living?

3. What does Natchez reveal to Lila Mae about James Fulton?

4. Why does Reed send Lila Mae to Marie Claire?

5. Who is Ben Urich?

6. How did Lila Mae get the Fanny Briggs assignment?

7. What was significant about Elisha Otis' invention of the safety brake?

8. What kind of student was Lila Mae at elevator school?

9. Who is James Fulton?

10. What is the "Black Box?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the events of the Funicular Follies. Consider what occurs both on and off stage, and why the author chooses to present this scene in such detail.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the excerpts from Fulton's writings throughout the book. What does Fulton write about and how do his ideas play into the themes of the novel? Why does the author choose to offer these excerpts, in the sequence and at the points they appear?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the power structure of the city in The Intuitionist. Consider the power held by Arbo and United, the two big elevator manufacturers and the subsequent levels of power below them, including the Elevator Guild, the Institution, and inspectors like Lila Mae.

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