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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 Ziegler find he can understand, once he take the pill?
2. Whose names did Bob Dole read at the high school debate tournament?
3. What is the word for the figures Adam sees behind his eyes?
4. What story does Amber tell Adam, when he finds her?
5. What do the figures behind Adam’s eyes make him afraid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. What importance did Jonathan’s therapist attach to his interest in the Ziegler story?
2. What did Jonathan find captivating about the Duccio Madonna and Child painting in the Met?
3. How does the narrator’s perspective shift as he describes Adam’s return to shore and the process of reuniting with Amber?
4. What was Jonathan studying for his dissertation?
5. What happens in the Herman Hesse story Jonathan talks about?
6. How does the narrative tone change when Bob Dole enters the high school where the debate is taking place?
7. How does Jonathan describe his relationship with Ziegler?
8. How did fame change things for Jane?
9. What is the setting for the opening of The Topeka School?
10. How does Jonathan explain his success at the Foundation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are gender role differences represented in The Topeka School? How are men and women represented, and how do the characters understand the differences between the men’s work and women’s work? How does the author shed light on these terms, or throw them into question?
Essay Topic 2
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 3
What is the weakest part of this novel? Of the different weak sections, which gives you the most insight in to the author’s theory of what a novel is, and what it ought to do? How would you have suggested strengthening these weak passages?
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