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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. When did the narrator's family flee to the South after living in a northern hamlet?

2. Of what ethnicity is the actor who plays Danny Boy in the Auteur's film?

3. Where did Madame organize a Tet celebration, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

4. Whom does the narrator say actually came up with the question attributed to Lenin in Chapter 1: "What is to be done?"

5. Who is the woman that Claude was forced to leave behind when he fled Saigon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

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

5. Who is Professor Hammer and what is his relationship to the narrator?

6. Who is Bon and what is his relationship to the narrator?

7. What does the narrator fear when he is called in to speak with the General at the opening of the store in Chapter 5? Why?

8. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of misrepresentation or lack of representation of Vietnamese in Vietnam War films produced in the West. How is this theme developed through the script of The Hamlet?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrator and Bon's capture in Thailand. What mission are they on when they are captured? Who captures them? Where are they taken after capture?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the narrative and language styles of The Sympathizer. What is the framing device that is used to set up the story? From whose point of view is the story related? How would the novel differ if told from a different narrative style?

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