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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. In the story The Locked Room, when did the narrator meet Fanshawe?
2. What is the name of the first novel of Fanshawe's that the narrator gives to the editor?
3. How does Blue enter Black's apartment while he is out?
4. Who is the editor that the narrator contacts to publish Fanshawe's work?
5. While living in Paris, what appliance does Fanshawe give as a gift to his elderly friend Ivan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jane Fanshawe's critique of her son? How does she describe the relationship between Fanshawe and his parents?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Which of Fanshawe's works does the narrator choose to show first to the editor? What is the editor's reaction to the work?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What does Blue want to do when he thinks about the future Mrs. Blue? How does this make him realize that he is changing?
8. When Blue receives his first payment from White, why is he surprised and then disappointed? What was he expecting?
9. During their second conversation, what is Black's response when Blue asks him if the man he watches knows he is being watched? How does Black justify his answer?
10. 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?
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
The theme of incomprehensibility is present throughout The Locked Room. What makes the writer conclude that life does not make sense? What does this say about the writer's relationship to reality and the challenge of his work?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout The New York Trilogy, there are allusions to Robinson Crusoe. Give an example from each of the three stories. What is the significance of this allusion? What is the relationship between isolation and writing?
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