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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 has Peterson been doing?

2. Why do Joanna and Alex go to a residential section of London when they are driving their rental car?

3. How does Rotenhausen die?

4. What makes Alex so uneasy about the inn where they stopped?

5. What does Alex do in response to the nightmare he had?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Peterson and how was he involved in the entire situation?

2. What do Alex and Joanna find that show Chelgrin in a different light and what does he have that will help them find Herr Doktor?

3. What else do they discover while Lisa is under hypnosis?

4. Who approaches Joanna and Alex immediately in London? What might the reader wonder and what does the person say that alleviates concern?

5. Where is Alex when he wakes up and what does he do immediately? What does he find and what does it make him wonder?

6. What does Chelgrin know about his daughter and what does he seem to feel about her?

7. By Chapter 42, how do you think the reader feels about Thomas Chelgrin. How does the character actually turn out?

8. Why did Peterson do what he did and what theme does it touch upon again?

9. Who does Joanna find when she goes to look for Alex? What does she learn from him? What theme might be suggested by the encounter?

10. What is Carrera ordered to do when Joanna leaves Japan? How does he feel about the orders? What does his thoughts evoke in the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thomas Chelgrin is introduced for the first time despite having been discussed several times between Alex and Joanna. The reader believes Chelgrin to be an evil man who orchestrated his own daughter's kidnapping. However, when the reader meets Chelgrin, he is almost sympathetic, as though he is as much a victim as his daughter.

1. What were your first impressions of Thomas Chelgrin and how did they change after his encounter with Lisa? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Thomas Chelgrin might have been a victim? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. Now that the reader knows how much Thomas Chelgrin has given up in his life for his country would you think him very patriotic? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Joanna suddenly begins reciting an odd sentence. Alex recognizes the line from a science fiction novel called The Demolished Man. Inamura has gotten a copy of The Demolished Man and uses it to give Joanna an answering sentence to overcome the posthypnotic suggestion that has blocked her answers to Inamura's questions.

1. Discuss symbolism in literature and why the book used for Joanna's post hypnotic sentence was an example of symbolism.

2. The Demolished Man is a novel, a full length book. Discuss narrative contrivance in view of Inamura being able to find the exact sentence to bring Joanna out of the suggestion in an entire book.

3. Compare and contrast the characters of Inamura and how he uses hypnosis and Herr Doktor and his techniques. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Alex is clearly falling in love despite his protests that love does not exist and that he would never fall in love, especially after such a short time.

1. How long do you think people should know each other before declaring love? Do you think Alex is falling in love or is it just sexual attraction? Why or why not?

2. What are some of the thoughts and behaviors in the text that demonstrate to you that Alex is falling in love with Joanna?

3. There are many psychologist that say there's no such thing as falling in love, it is all just a chemical reaction between two physical bodies. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

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