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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. How does Sick Boy kill the dog in Deid Dugs?
2. In Bang to Rites, what does Renton's father warn Renton not to do?
3. At the end of Easy Money for the Professionals, Begbie threatens to kill the boy if he does what?
4. In Bang to Rites, who does Renton decide is most responsible for Billy's death?
5. In addition to Renton's father, who is appraising Renton severely in Bang to Rites?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Sick Boy's escapade in Deid Dugs.
2. Why does Renton feel bad at the end of The Elusive Mr. Hunt?
3. How does Matty die?
4. What demand does Renton's father make of Renton on his second day in bed?
5. What precautions does Begbie take after the job in Easy Money for the Professionals?
6. How does Renton interact with his relatives at Billy's wake?
7. What does Renton find at Johnny Swan's in A Leg-Over Situation?
8. How does Billy Renton die?
9. Describe the interchange Renton has with an old schoolmate at the end of this chapter.
10. Why does Begbie become enraged in Trainspotting at Leith Central Station?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trainspotting takes place in a specific time and place: Edinburgh in the mid- to late-eighties. This is a period marked by civil strife between right and left in the era of IRA and Thatcher. Write an essay about three ways in which the political pervades the narrative:
Part 1) Discuss the rivalry between the Hibs and the Hearts. How do these two football clubs represent two ideologies in this era? Which club do the mates of Trainspotting support, and what does this say about their understanding of the United Kingdom?
Part 2) What happens to Spud and his Uncle Dode when they cross paths with skinheads in the novel? Discuss what challenges Dode has faced in Leith and why. How are these challenges typified in this interaction with the skinheads?
Part 3) Discuss Renton's reaction to his brother Billy's death. How does he connect the death to racism and privilege in a stratified United Kingdom? What does Renton feel about Thatcher, Union, and his Glasgow relatives?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay on the subject of nonparticipation in modern life. To what extent are all of the characters in Trainspotting choosing not to participate in life? What are they distinctly trying to avoid? What pain and disappointment are they wary of? How have the major characters in the novel coped to avoid maintaining ties with each other and family and to avoid having jobs?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about women in Trainspotting. Choose three women and discuss their place in the coterie of junkies and loser who comprise the center of the novel. How do they become attached to the group? Are they repelled by the drug-use or part of it? What do they lose within the group and what do they gain? Are any of them particularly well-defined as individuals?
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