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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. How does Quoyle feel about middle age?
2. What's wrong with Marty's writing?
3. Why is Quoyle called to the school?
4. What large assignment has Agnis negotiated?
5. What does Quoyle swear will happen?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is Quoyle's discovery of the body important to the narrative?
2. What convincing evidence is there in this chapter of Quoyle's aptness for the new life he is making at Killick-Claw?
3. Comment on the reception given Quoyle's piece about oil tankers.
4. In what way is Bunny's attention-seeking during the restaurant dinner important?
5. From the description of it in this chapter, is it possible Quoyle would enjoy living in Nutbeem's trailer?
6. In what sense is the new boat symbolic?
7. Contrast the growing relationship between Quoyle and Wavey with that each experienced with their previous partners.
8. Why is Quoyle uncertain about marrying Wavey?
9. What good personal quality of Quoyle's almost costs him his life?
10. In what way has Quoyle reached a turning point in his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Reflect about the idea that we are shaped by our childhood.
1) In what ways have Quoyle's childhood experiences formed his character and shaped his adult life?
2) In what ways have his own experiences given him insight into the world of his children?
3) Have these experiences made him overly protective of his daughters?
Essay Topic 2
Every character in THE SHIPPING NEWS deals with some kind of adversity. Choose TWO characters.
1) Explain the adversity the characters experience and describe the way in which they deal with it.
2) Discuss differences in the characters' approach and comment on the outcomes of their adversity.
3) What do we learn about the effect of adversity on human lives?
Essay Topic 3
'The ocean is as much a character in this novel as is Quoyle.'
1) What techniques does the author use to give the impression that the sea is a character?
2) Discuss the way of the power of the sea and human responses to it, are represented in THE SHIPPING NEWS. In your answer, focus on two major characters and one secondary character.
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