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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. Why does the narrator say he sought a relationship with Anna?

2. Who does the narrator say complained about Anna's hospital photographs?

3. What does the narrator say is "outrageous" about the storm in "Section 2: Part 3"?

4. What does the narrator admit about Anna's moment of death in "Section 2: Part 6"?

5. In "Section 2: Part 6", who does Jerome say he is when he wakes up the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator dislike being photographed?

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

3. What does Miss Vavasour confess to the narrator in "Section 2: Part 6"?

4. In "Section 2: Part 3", what does the narrator say about his life after his father left?

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

6. What frightens the narrator at the beginning of "Section 2: Part 6"?

7. In "Section 2: Part 6", what does the narrator reveal about Anna's death?

8. What does the narrator say Chloe reminds him of in the world to this day?

9. How does the narrator describe moving into The Cedars?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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