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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 kind of place is Synanon?

2. What does Horselover Fat claim brought Stephanie into existence?

3. Which famous psychologist talked about phylogenic memory?

4. What does Fat see a woman in the hospital vomit out?

5. What did Horselover Fat claim slumbered inside his ceramic pot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gloria eventually decide to kill herself?

2. How does the author describe Maurice?

3. How did Fat help save Christopher's life?

4. Why does Phil think Horselover Fat can't see he is a Buddha?

5. Why does Fat think it is a good idea to flee Canada?

6. How does Fat try to get early release from the mental institute?

7. What does Fat do with Gloria the day she visits him?

8. What happened to Kevin's cat?

9. What dreams does Fat say he has been having?

10. Who is Stephanie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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