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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 was the first name of Knight's Hunter Safety and Outdoor Skills teacher named Mr. Hillman?
2. How was Knight classified within his father's obituary, according to Finkel?
3. Which comedian did Knight claim to hate while discussing one of his psychological diagnoses?
4. What body of water does Finkel use as a metaphor for the array of names given to hermits throughout history?
5. Many locals disbelieved Knight's story because an ice storm that took place in what year would surely have killed him if he had been out there?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Knight view the workaday world in the United States?
2. How does Finkel inject humor into the text by providing the comments of Stephen M. Edelson regarding Knight's mental state?
3. 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?
4. What real-life example does Finkel use to demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which people respond to solitude?
5. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?
6. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 14 of the text?
7. What three diagnoses did the forensic psychologist make after examining Knight?
8. In what way does Knight view his own actions as unnatural?
9. What was the main reason why Knight rarely ventured from his campsite during the six months prior to each spring thaw?
10. Provide an explanation of the category of hermits Finkel dubs pursuers and give an example Finkel provides within the text.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Finkel’s purpose for including visual images within The Stranger in the Woods?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In what way does Finkel utilize irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within The Stranger in the Woods and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
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