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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 makes the narrator's bed interesting to him?

2. In the narrator's dream in "Section 1: Part 2", where does he travel?

3. At the end of "Section 1: Part 1", how does the narrator describe his tone?

4. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say he once argued with Claire about?

5. What does the narrator say Anna feared about being bald?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Section 1: Part 1", what does the narrator say happened when he and Anna returned from the doctor's office?

2. What does the narrator wonder about during the nighttime at The Cedars?

3. Where does the narrator say he and Claire visited after Anna's death?

4. How does the narrator describe the early days of Anna's illness in "Section 1: Part 5"?

5. What does the narrator say about the gods in "Section 1: Part 1"?

6. In "Section 1: Part 3", what memories of Claire does the narrator have?

7. What narrative technique does the narrator use when describing the first time he was alone with Mrs. Grace?

8. What makes the narrator interested in his room at The Cedars?

9. In "Section 1: Part 3", what does the narrator say about the impact of Anna's death on him?

10. What does the narrator say happened after he saw Mrs. Grace's crotch at the picnic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is "The Sea" a commentary on life and death?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze either the sea, ships, or storms as a motif in this novel. What does this symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

What commentary does the author deliver about the interaction between the past and present?

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