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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 Van Norden call everyone?
2. What happens in the place where Macha is known and has her hand kissed repeatedly?
3. What does Henry have to learn to do in his new job?
4. What is Henry's assessment of Mark Swift?
5. What weakness appears in Henry as he plans how to use the money given to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it that Henry does not want to go to Russia with Tania?
2. Explain how Henry is helped from Kruger's studio.
3. What is the unfortunate condition at the University during the winter?
4. What is the one thing that makes Van Norden's dump of a hotel acceptable?
5. Why does Henry stop writing?
6. How does Henry feel going to his room in the dark dormitory late at night?
7. Why does Henry think it is a sorry state to be human?
8. How does Henry see flow of the word about him?
9. What makes Henry think about the high born women of Paris?
10. Does Henry see everything that flows in the same way it was seen by Milton?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Henry quotes Emerson as saying that life consists of what one thinks. Write an essay explaining how you interpret Emerson's statement. Use examples you know of personally or have read about where people achieved because of their focus on certain goals.
Essay Topic 2
One of the more amusing antics in the novel is the letter writing campaign to find Carl a rich wife. Write an essay expressing your opinion about marrying for money versus marrying for love. Let your creativity flow, using humor to get your points across.
Essay Topic 3
Using the young Hindu cleric and the escapade in the Eglise Ste.-Clotilde, write a paper expressing how you see Miller's opinion of religion. Do you notice any inconsistency in how Miller treats religion?
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