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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 does Fanshawe do two months after his sister has her first breakdown?
2. What summer job does the narrator of The Locked Room have in June of 1970?
3. Which of Fanshawe's friends from Harvard had his father arranged for Fanshawe's job on an oil tanker?
4. What words are used to describe Blue's state of mind during the early period of the case?
5. What does Fanshawe's mother offer the narrator to help him with his project?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Blue want to do when he thinks about the future Mrs. Blue? How does this make him realize that he is changing?
2. 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?
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. According to the narrator's recollection, why does Fanshawe give his birthday gift to Dennis Walden? What is the outcome and why is this incident significant for the narrator?
5. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?
6. 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?
7. What is Sophie Fanshawe's reaction to the narrator's opinion of Fanshawe's work? Why does the narrator assume that she reacts in this way?
8. 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?
9. Why does Fanshawe continue to address his letters to Ellen even after her breakdown? To whom are the letters meant to communicate?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of violence in The New York Trilogy? Is violence a significant theme in all three stories? Why or why not? Give specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Maps are important objects in City of Glass. How are maps used in this story? What is the symbolic association between maps and exploration as it relates to the character of Stillman?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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