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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 does the narrator take the General and Madame to the Congressman's house for dinner in Chapter 7?

2. What does the narrator say his father called him in Chapter 2?

3. What does the Congressman say that the movie is about that he is advising on in Chapter 7?

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

5. What fictional spy character does the narrator describe sleeping peacefully on a bed of nails in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe "breaking" the Watchman in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

6. Who is Sofia Mori? How does the narrator meet this character?

7. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?

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

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

10. What is the first business venture the General undertakes in the U.S.? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the murder of Sonny in the novel. Why does the General order Sonny's execution? Who commits the murder? Where does the murder take place? How is Sonny killed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator's relationship with the General. For how long has he worked for the General? What kind of relationship do they have? How does the narrator feel about Madame?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Claude? What is the narrator's relationship with this character? How did they first meet? How has their relationship grown?

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