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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. Which of the following does Sam’s grandfather have in his restaurant?

2. Which artist’s work is on the gift Marx’s father gives Sadie?

3. Which of the following is the first game Sadie submits to Dov’s class?

4. What is the name of Sam’s father?

5. Which of the following constellations does Zoe identify?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sadie prefer Sam as a creative partner to the idea of Sam as a lover?

2. What two core beliefs does Sam identify in his grandfather (97)?

3. Why does Marx’s mother disdain computers?

4. What does Sam shout to get Sadie’s attention in the subway station?

5. Why does Sam urge Sadie to accept the publication offer on the first game they make together?

6. What occasions the death of one of Sadie’s high school friends?

7. Why does Sam resist Sadie’s idea about a game within a game?

8. What is the main critique Sam has of the first of Sadie’s games that he plays?

9. What is Sadie obliged to give up while Alice is in the hospital?

10. Why do video game characters typically remain the same throughout their games, per the novel (104)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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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