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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 one word is repeated throughout Susan's monologue in Section 6?
2. What separates Neville's monologue from the others in Section 6?
3. In Section 8, who contends that the characters have "destroyed something by our presence"?
4. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
5. What do we learn from the end of Louis's major monologue in Section 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how the characters feel during the dinner they share in Section 8.
2. What is different about Susan in Section 7?
3. Which image becomes more dominant in Section 8's introductory vignette, and what do you think it signifies?
4. Elaborate on what Rhoda identifies as the problems the characters have faced in their lives in Section 8.
5. Describe how Jinny appears in Section 6.
6. What in particular separates Section 7 from the prior two sections, and why is that significant?
7. Describe how Susan appears in Section 6.
8. What is the significance of the way the birds are depicted in Section 7's introduction?
9. How is Section 6's opening description distinct, and what should the reader expect from the rest of the section?
10. What is most notable about Section 5's opening description and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In a detailed essay, outline the role Rhoda plays in the group. Is she a kind of tragic hero? What is the source or her paralysis and misanthropy? Fully describe this character using ample textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed essay that addresses the question of whether or not Bernard is the novel's central character. Provide ample textual evidence to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Two characters die in this text, Rhoda and Percival, and there are at least two births, to Susan and Bernard. Evaluate the significance of the death of these two characters.
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