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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. Where does Waldetar work as a conductor?

2. What is Vheissu?

3. What does Heroic Love require according to the record executive's wife?

4. What is the name of the barmaid who brings Benny Profane a drink at the tavern in Virginia?

5. What does Rachel say that Stencil wrote in his note?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Vheissu?

2. Describe Rachel Owlglass.

3. What is Benny's new job at the end of Chapter 1 and how does he get it?

4. Who does Benny meet on the subway and who do they introduce him to?

5. What does Rachel have a desire for that all the other members of the Whole Sick Crew appear to lack?

6. What appears to be a problem in Rachel and Benny's relationship?

7. Why is Gaucho arrested?

8. How does Dr. Schoenmaker view Esther in Chapter 4?

9. What does the reader learn about V. in Chapter 3?

10. What is the plan concocted by the two men outside the wine shop and what does Gaucho propose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Stencil; What is his role in the story? What is the author trying to accomplish by creating Stencil as a major character of the book?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two examples of the motifs about life-death-life in the book.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

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