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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. With what unfamiliar genre of music did Knight become very familiar over the course of his years living alone in the woods?
2. What gesture does Knight recall making at the end of his encounter with the ice fishermen months before his arrest?
3. In what season of each year did Knight hear frogs warbling?
4. What objects does Finkel use within metaphorical depictions of the Northern Lights?
5. What make and model was the vehicle Knight abandoned in the forest when he decided to renounce the world and live in solitude?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the theme of eccentricity treated within Chapter 16?
2. For what reason does Knight revere Socrates?
3. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 14 of the text?
4. In what way does Finkel make use of the sound motif throughout the beginning of Chapter 17?
5. What point does Finkel make about the difference between Knight's life timeline and the timelines of other hermits throughout history?
6. Explain the physiological theory Finkel discusses that focuses on the therapeutic effects of silence on humans.
7. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?
8. What was the main reason why Knight rarely ventured from his campsite during the six months prior to each spring thaw?
9. What was Knight's answer when Finkel asked him whether "some grand insight" (140) had been revealed to him during his time living in the forest?
10. Define the category of hermits identified by Finkel as protesters and provide one example.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Finkel send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?
Essay Topic 2
How are the themes of eccentricity and conformity depicted within Finkel’s The Stranger in the Woods?
Essay Topic 3
How does Finkel’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Finkel’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.
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