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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the apartment located that the narrator, Sophie and Ben move into after their marriage?
(a) Riverside Drive.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Fifth Avenue.
(d) Park Avenue.

2. In what condition does Blue leave Black in the apartment?
(a) Depressed and disappointed.
(b) Confused and disbelieving.
(c) Badly beaten, unconscious, and barely alive.
(d) Perfectly healthy and content.

3. What is a speculum?
(a) Mirror or looking glass.
(b) A musical instrument.
(c) A part of the large intestine.
(d) A shallow pool of water.

4. For which of Fanshawe's friends does he write love letters to his girlfriend Sue-Anne?
(a) Roy Cutbirth.
(b) Otis Smart.
(c) Jeffrey Brown.
(d) Paul Schiff.

5. What summer job does the narrator of The Locked Room have in June of 1970?
(a) A teacher in Brooklyn.
(b) A census-taker in Harlem.
(c) A delivery man in the Bronx.
(d) A journalist in Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's reaction to the conversation she has with Black in the restaurant?

2. What varsity sport did Fanshawe play for a brief period in his sophomore year before suddenly quitting the team?

3. How many suitcases does Fanshawe's work fill?

4. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?

5. What does the narrator decide from the beginning that he will omit from his book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of Fanshawe's works does the narrator choose to show first to the editor? What is the editor's reaction to the work?

2. In The Locked Room, what is Sophie Fanshawe's condition when her husband goes missing? Describe the trajectory of her emotional reaction to his disappearance.

3. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?

4. About what aspect of Fanshawe's writing do Sophie and Fanshawe disagree? What is the compromise that Fanshawe offers her a few months before his disappearance?

5. When Black speaks to Blue about Walt Whitman, what two internal organs does he compare? What do these viscera have to do with the profession of writing?

6. What aspects of Fanshawe's background could be considered possible liabilities on the ship? How does his background affect the way in which he is actually treated by his fellow shipmates?

7. What initiates the argument between Sophie and the narrator at the end of Chapter 7? What is the status of their relationship when the narrator leaves for Paris?

8. Why does the narrator struggle with showing Fanshawe's letter to Sophie? What does he do instead?

9. What event does Blue leave out of his report that elicits a response from White? What is White's response and what conclusion does Blue draw from this?

10. What is the person who comes to collect Blue's report at the Brooklyn Post Office wearing? What does Blue do when he sees this person?

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