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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. After Evey escapes from her cell, what does she find when she goes back into the interrogation room?

2. What appears on Adam Susan's computer screen when Dominic comes to see him?

3. What does Helen say that Harper provides once Conrad is the Leader?

4. In the train station, who does V say that he is waiting for?

5. Directly after Evey leaves prison, how long does Dominic say it has been since V's last attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why V says that Evey has been "in a prison all her life."

2. When Dominic reads the love letters he finds, what does he realize and what is ironic about this?

3. What does the reader learn about the story's minor characters from the vignettes?

4. In her first appearance as V, what does Evey tell the people of London?

5. What reason does Mr. Finch give for taking acid, and what other issues cause him to do this?

6. What two people does Evey initially imagine V to be after V dies, and why do you think she does this?

7. What does V call his "mistress" and why?

8. What does Rosemary imagine as she dances on stage, and why is this important?

9. How does Evey describe the new order of V?

10. What do you think V means when he says that he reveals his will to Evey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Evey unable to become V's replacement until the end of the story? Describe the knowledge that V imparts to Evey throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that V's methods are the best way to bring down the government? Do the ends justify the means, or is V a terrorist himself?

Essay Topic 3

What do Violet Carsons symbolize in the story? Give specific examples from the text.

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