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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 does the narrator claim to be guilty of in his confession in Chapter 5?

2. Where does the narrator wake up in the hospital after the accident on the movie set?

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

4. Who awaits the narrator when he arrives back in the U.S. from the movie set in Chapter 12?

5. What do the extras bring to the narrator at the hospital in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. How would you describe the narrator's relationship with the Auteur?

8. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the General respond when he discovers the courtship between the narrator and Lana? How does the narrator feel about the General's response? How does Madame feel about the situation?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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