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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 is the name of the Auteur's gardener?

2. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?

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

4. How many fingers does the narrator describe the General having lost in Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the movie director's assistant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Bon's family as they flee Vietnam in Chapter 3?

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

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

6. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

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

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

9. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Lana in the novel. How old is Lana? Where does the narrator know Lana from? What risks does the narrator take in courting Lana?

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