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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. Why does Lila Mae go to the Arbo Building in Up: Part Two?

2. What does Lila Mae realize about Chuck Gould?

3. What had Arbo known all along?

4. Why did Lila Mae move downtown after graduating?

5. What does Lila Mae drop on Coombs' desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Pompey?

2. What does Lila Mae do in the Lift offices?

3. What are the Funicular Follies?

4. What project has Lila Mae embarked on at the end of the novel?

5. What does Lila Mae accuse Pompey of?

6. What favor does Lila Mae ask of Chuck Gould?

7. How is Lila Mae keeping ahead of those who still seek her in Up: Part Two?

8. What is Lila Mae planning to do what she finishes the plans?

9. What does Lila Mae learn about Natchez?

10. In Up: Part Two, where does Lila Mae go the morning after feeling from the Lift magazine offices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explores the symbolic and thematic importance of the Black Box. Consider what the Box is and why it is of such interest to the powers that be in the novel. Consider also how it functions symbolically in the text as well as how it helps develop the themes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring elevators as the principal metaphor in The Intuitionist.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the "dilemma of the phantom passenger." What is the philosophical problem presented by this dilemma and why does the author choose to include it?

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