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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 does D-503 describe the shape of R-13's face?

2. At what time must D-503 be at the lecture after leaving the Ancient House for the first time?

3. What color is the liqueur that I-330 drinks?

4. How do I-330 and D-503 get to the Ancient House?

5. To what does D-503 compare I-330's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's purpose for writing the narrative that makes up "We"?

3. How does D-503 claim to feel about I-330 during their initial encounters?

4. What does D-503 consider it his duty to do in writing "We"?

5. What is the Ancient House?

6. How does D-503 feel about being followed by S?

7. What is written in the first letter that D-503 receives?

8. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

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

10. What is the Gas Bell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how all the characters in "We" are connected. Who is connected by choice? By duty? By passion? Who feels obligated to protect whom?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the changes in tone affect the different journal entries. Which entries show hope, fear, apprehension, tension, etc.? How can you tell?

Essay Topic 3

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

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