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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 color is the liqueur that I-330 drinks?

2. At what time in the morning do all citizens of the One State rise from bed?

3. Who sits atop the Cube during the sentencing of the criminal?

4. What ancient word does I-330 use to address D-503?

5. What is the number of the man who D-503 almost tells about I-330's "criminal" behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does D-503 realize that his writings for the Integral have become?

4. What is the Gas Bell?

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

6. When does D-503 realize, for the first time, that he is jealous of other men with I-330?

7. What is the Green Wall?

8. What images does D-503 see when he dreams for the first time in his life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze D-503's feelings toward I-330. How do they evolve? Do they come full circle? Does he even fully understand them? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss math as an underlying theme in the novel. What elements are geometric? What role does algebra play (i.e., what formulas/equations are presented?). How is problem-solution methodology applied?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the primary differences between "We" and "They" in the story? Which is stronger within the story? Answer the narrator's question "Who are they?"

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