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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. Where does the narrator go at the end of Chapter 7 without Sophie and Ben?
2. When Fanshawe first begins to write, who are his models?
3. What project does Stuart Green propose the narrator undertake?
4. Whom does White want Blue to keep an eye on?
5. What does Blue notice about White?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Who told Blue stories about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? What was this person's profession and what became of him?
5. When Blue enters Black's apartment disguised as the Fuller Brush man, what does Black tell Blue his profession is? When Blue later breaks into Black's apartment and steals the papers from his desk, what does he find them to contain?
6. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?
7. What does Jane Fanshawe do after lunch? What does the narrator think motivates this act?
8. 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?
9. What is unusual about the letter that the narrator supposedly receives from Fanshawe? How does this quirk help to convince the narrator of the letter's veracity?
10. What is difficult for Blue about writing the monthly reports of Black's activities for White to read? What does he want to include in the reports to make them more truthful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the title, Ghosts? Who are the ghosts that Blue and Black discuss that are all around in New York? What are some examples of haunted men in that story?
Essay Topic 2
Choose two symbols from City of Glass and write an essay about how they are used. Give specific examples from the text. How do these symbols reinforce themes from the story?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout The New York Trilogy, writers and detectives are constantly confused. Writers become detectives and detectives become writers and readers. Give two examples of this concept and then compare and contrast the two professions. How are language and action important in both?
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