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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. On what day of the week does the General's store opening occur in Chapter 5?
2. What Founding Father does the narrator describe having said that an older mistress is a wonderful thing in Chapter 5?
3. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?
4. Where does the Department Chair say he met his wife in Chapter 4?
5. The narrator says in Chapter 11, "The longer I worked on the Movie, the more I was convinced that I was not only a technical consultant on an artistic project, but an infiltrator into a work of" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does the narrator learn from Man in Chapter 4? How does he receive this information?
2. Where are the Vietnamese refugees taken after arriving in America in Chapter 4?
3. What happens to Bon's family as they flee Vietnam in Chapter 3?
4. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?
5. What is the narrator's relationship to the General?
6. Who are the "Vietnamese" actors in The Hamlet with speaking roles and how are they described?
7. Who is Professor Hammer and what is his relationship to the narrator?
8. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?
9. What are the narrator's main duties on the set of The Hamlet?
10. How is the theme of religion explored in Chapter 5?
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
What is life like for the Vietnamese refugees once they arrive in America? Where does the narrator secure assistance and work? How does he get Bon work? Where do the narrator and Bon live?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Bon insist on returning to Vietnam to fight for the General? Why does the narrator try to convince him otherwise? What ultimately leads to the narrator's decision to accompany Sonny to Vietnam?
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