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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 did Marie Claire send the papers out?

2. How does Lila Mae know the elevator industry will never figure out that she has fooled them about the Black Box?

3. What had happened to Fulton in his final years?

4. What will whoever possesses the Black Box also have control over?

5. What had Arbo known all along?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lila Mae know that they will never figure out the Black Box design?

3. What did Lila Mae send out at the end of the novel?

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

5. What does Lila Mae realize about Chuck Gould in Up: Part One?

6. How does Lila Mae get into the Lift magazine offices?

7. How are Lila Mae and Urich interrupted while at Urich's office in Up: Part One?

8. How does Lila Mae get into the Follies without being noticed?

9. What are the Funicular Follies?

10. What does Lila Mae do before she leaves Coombs office in Up: Part Two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the Elevator Guild, the Institute for Vertical Transport, and the Department of Elevator Inspection. What is significant about each and how does each reflect a different manifestation of power in the city?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the setting of The Intuitionist. Consider the unidentified time and place, and the evidence that points to a particular period. Include a discussion of why Whitehead may have chosen to leave the setting ambiguous.

Essay Topic 3

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

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