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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. Where did Bunny find the string?
2. Where will Agnis be working?
3. In the end, what does Quoyle learn?
4. What are the men arguing about during breakfast?
5. How does Quoyle feel about middle age?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways are descriptions of interior environment, specifically the Heavy weather bar and the Burke house, connected to the characters of Quoyle and Tert Card in Chapter 34?
2. For Quoyle, what are the outcomes of his misadventure with the 'speedboat'?
3. What is important about Quoyle's encounter with Cousin Nolan?
4. In what ways are contrasts important in Chapter 36 of The Shipping News?
5. What conclusions can be drawn about the origin of the money Agnis receives?
6. From the description of it in this chapter, is it possible Quoyle would enjoy living in Nutbeem's trailer?
7. Comment on the news stories the men discuss on that cold November morning.
8. Comment on Jack Buggit's 'resurrection'.
9. In what sense is the new boat symbolic?
10. To what extent is Quoyle drawn to the green house on the point?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify two themes in THE SHIPPING NEWS. Discuss the ways in which the novelist uses character and circumstance to explore these themes. You should focus on Quoyle, Agnis and Jack Buggit.
Essay Topic 2
'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.
Essay Topic 3
THE SHIPPING NEWS is about physical and internal journeys.
Our lives can be described as journeys during which we encounter many experiences, some pleasant, others terrifying. Our journeys involve the physical, as we move from place to place, and the emotional/psychological, as we respond to what happens to us. Examine the way journeys shape the character and destiny of Quoyle, Agnis, Hamm and Jack Buggit.
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