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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 old is Evey when her father is taken away?

2. What does the judy man do to the guests lined up on stage?

3. Why is Evey upset at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

4. What does Mr. Finch think that V uses to kill George?

5. Who does V rescue Evey from in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What vice does the bishop have and how does V exploit it?

2. Who fights at the Kitty-Kat Keller, why, and how is Gordon involved?

3. What does Evey find in her cell, and why is it important to her?

4. What does the statement that the guards ask Evey to sign force her to say, and why do you think she refuses?

5. What does V recite to the bishop, and why is this ironic?

6. What does V do to Lewis Prothero?

7. Why is Valerie imprisoned, and why does she refuse to give in to the guards?

8. What is the name of the song that V sings in the Prelude to Book Two, and what is the general message of the song?

9. In what ways does Evey's relationship with Gordon change a few months after she moves in?

10. How does Rosemary Almond feel about Roger Dascombe, and why does she accept his help?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the bishop. How does his character represent the problems with the fascist society?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how loneliness and a fear of abandonment motivate both Evey Hammond and Rosemary Almond, and analyze the different ways that they respond when they are abandoned by people they are close to.

Essay Topic 3

What two political extremes do V and Adam Susan represent? Which do you think is more fair to its citizens? Do you think that the citizens in the story benefit more from a less extreme philosophy?

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