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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 term does D-503 say that he will use the next time he sees I-330 after he has not heard from her for a few days?

2. Who tells D-503 about the man who is caught without a number?

3. What season is it when the novel begins?

4. What auditorium does I-330 tell D-503 to go to when he first speaks to her on the street?

5. What criminal activity does I-330 engage in when D-503 visits her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does O-90 rush out of D-503's room?

2. What is the Gas Bell?

3. With what concepts does D-503 associate the square root of -1?

4. What is the Ancient House?

5. What is significant about D-503's visit with I-330 on the street corner?

6. What is the significance of pink coupons in the One State?

7. How does D-503 see his relationships with R-13 and O-90?

8. What does D-503 think is an error made by God?

9. What is the One State's perception of love?

10. How are members of the One State identified?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Benefactor as a God-like character. Who perceives him this way? What evidence of exaltation do we see in the text and the plot? Does he have a God complex about himself?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the presence of two distinct "selves" within the narrator. What circumstances contribute to this division? What conflicting traits exist in him?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does D-503's interpretation of events and concepts seem skewed? What can be attributed to conditioning by the State, and what is all in his mind?

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