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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 the narrator say he and Anna agreed upon when they got married?

2. Who interrupted the narrator kissing Chloe at the beach, according to his memory in "Section 2: Part 5"?

3. Where was Anna when she learned the narrator's real name?

4. What does the narrator say will happen to his life when he dies?

5. In "Section 2: Part 6", why does the narrator feel like Anna isn't haunting him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator dislike being photographed?

2. What did Anna do with her camera in the hospital?

3. In "Section 2: Part 4", what does the narrator say about his agreement with Anna?

4. What happens the night the Colonel's family doesn't visit like they said they would?

5. How does the narrator explain Chloe's death?

6. What happened the first time the narrator kissed Chloe?

7. What is the Colonel's daily life like?

8. What do Bun and Miss Vavasour argue about in "Section 2: Part 4"?

9. In "Section 2: Part 5", what does the narrator use as an example of Chloe's cruelty?

10. What does the narrator remember about Anna's death in "Section 2: Part 5"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the narrator's professional life in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is your opinion about the layout of "The Sea"? How does the lack of chapter breaks impact the reader? What is the purpose of this? Is the technique effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the reliability of this narrator. Why is narrator reliability important?

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