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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 author is cited in the narrative as saying "East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"?

2. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?

3. What is the name of Bon's wife?

4. Where does the narrator land after returning from the movie set in Chapter 12?

5. To what religion does Bon ascribe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of religion explored in Chapter 5?

2. Who is Claude? How does the narrator know this character?

3. What is the narrator's relationship to the General?

4. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

5. How is the Auteur's welcome party described in Chapter 10?

6. What information does the narrator learn from Man in Chapter 4? How does he receive this information?

7. Who is Madame? How would you describe this character?

8. What are the narrator's main duties on the set of The Hamlet?

9. How is the theme of duality introduced in Chapter 1?

10. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's revisions on his confession. Why is the commandant insistent that the narrator revise the work? What are his criticisms of the work? How does the narrator appease him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of duality in The Sympathizer. How does the author establish this theme in the first lines of the novel? How does the theme of duality evolve throughout the story? What symbolism relates to this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events surrounding the Fall of Saigon. When did the Fall of Saigon occur? For how many years was the Vietnam War fought? How does the author depict these events in The Sympathizer?

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