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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. In what play does Marx star as Sam and Sadie begin work on their first game together?

2. At which of the following does Sadie do an internship?

3. What is the name of Dov’s gaming engine?

4. What is the name of Marx’s MMORPG character?

5. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Sam give to Sadie for their making their first game together?

2. What reason does Sam note for the lack of creativity in the second game he and Sadie make together?

3. How does Sam know what he knows about his father?

4. How does a player win the first level of Mapletown?

5. How does Dov recommend addressing failure?

6. Why does Sam claim his mangled foot is lucky?

7. What effect does the coat Sam borrows from Marx have on him?

8. Why is Sam’s mother denied a voice-acting role for a children’s show?

9. Why does Marx tend to over-order takeout?

10. Why does Marx’s mother disdain computers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Zevin’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

A character in the novel remarks that “the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend” (23). Is the character’s remark correct? What in the novel and in experience indicate as much, and how do they do so?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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