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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. The photograph Knight recalled seeing in his childhood depicted a child watching over what kinds of animals?
2. Finkel states that the word noise "is derived from" what language "from the word nausea" (112)?
3. What single word did the hiker Knight encountered say when he spoke to Knight?
4. What objects did Knight watch when it was time to celebrate the Fourth of July?
5. According to Finkel, what type of hermit was Charles Darwin?
Short Essay Questions
1. To which transgressions did Knight admit and which act of wrongdoing did he adamantly deny?
2. Define the category of hermits identified by Finkel as protesters and provide one example.
3. In what way does the theme of isolation arise within Chapter 14 of the text?
4. In what way does Knight view his own actions as unnatural?
5. In what way is the theme of eccentricity treated within Chapter 16?
6. In what way does Finkel make use of the sound motif throughout the beginning of Chapter 17?
7. 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?
8. For what reason did Knight keep a whistle on hand during his time in the woods and what was significant about his choice not to use it?
9. Define the category of hermits identified as pilgrims and provide one example Finkel gives within the text.
10. In what way does the theme of regret enter the narrative at least once before Chapter 14?
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
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Finkel’s novel The Stranger in the Woods. What message is Finkel sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Finkel's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of The Stranger in the Woods.
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