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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 kind of God is the only kind left on the Earth?

2. How many Oscars is Madoc's first movie nominated for?

3. In "A Dream of a Thousand Cats", where does the cat appear after the man and woman leave?

4. How did Erasmus die?

5. What is Calliope?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Erasmus Fry capture Calliope?

2. What does Felix find when he gets to Madoc's house for the first time?

3. What does Madoc do to express all the ideas that came to him?

4. What does the Siamese cat see when she looks into the dream lord's eyes?

5. What does Madoc accuse Calliope of doing to him, and how does she respond?

6. What does Madoc tell Felix to do when he is caring for him after his breakdown?

7. What does the man think the kitten is dreaming about, and what is ironic about this statement?

8. What does the bird in the Siamese cat's dream tell her when the dream begins?

9. What does the Siamese cat choose to do with her life after waking from her dream?

10. What happens to Madoc after he makes love to Calliope for the first time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book but appeared most especially in Calliope. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters, especially Calliope, Rainie, and Hamnet. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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