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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. Where is the stone located, in "Section 1: Part 6", that the narrator is transported to?

3. In "Section 1: Part 6", what ailment does the narrator confess to looking up in a medical dictionary?

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

5. In "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his pains?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator first met Chloe, what was his own family doing?

2. What is the narrator's life like at The Cedars?

3. What was the narrator's family life like before his father left?

4. How does the narrator say he felt after meeting Avril?

5. In "Section 1: Part 1", what does the narrator remember about visiting the doctor with Anna?

6. In "Section 1: Part 5", what does the narrator say about writing?

7. At the end of "Section 1: Part 2", how does the narrator describe his mind?

8. Why does the narrator consult a medical dictionary in "Section 1: Part 6"?

9. Why does the narrator say he thought about the Grace family as a child?

10. In "Section 1: Part 4", how does the narrator describe human sorrow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the allusions to the classics, literature and art in this novel. What role do these allusions play?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author relate the physical deaths of Chloe and Anna to the spiritual deaths of the Colonel, the narrator, and even Miss Vavasour in "The Sea"?

Essay Topic 3

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

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