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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 do Hazel's fellow soldiers react when he tells them he will not visit a brothel with them?

2. What does Enoch do when he first sees Haze at the park?

3. Why doesn't Enoch give Haze the address he promised to him?

4. What does the car low owner's son mutter as Haze shops for a car?

5. Why is Haze forced to drive so slowly during the test drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Haze try to explain away the idea of "new jesus?"

2. What is truth to Haze?

3. What does Enoch's blood make him do that is unusual? Why is it unusual?

4. Why does it take Haze so long to get to Taulkinham?

5. Describe how Haze's car is "fixed"

6. What does Haze do when he first departs the train at Taulkinham?

7. Describe the blind preacher's methods for gathering followers

8. Describe Onnie Jay Holy's message about children

9. What does Enoch tell Gonga the gorilla when he meets him?

10. Describe the religious message Haze preaches outside of the library

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a preface to Wise Blood written in 1962, Flannery O'Connor wrote " That belief in Christ is to some a matter of life and death has been a stumbling block for readers who would prefer to think it a matter of no great consequence." Write an essay explaining why you think the author felt it was important to include this statement in her preface. What was she trying to say about the novel? About her readers?

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

In Wise Blood there the author uses recurrent death symbols to represent aspects of Haze's story.

1) Describe how the author uses death symbols at at least 2 points in the story

2) Discuss what the symbols represents about Haze at that point in the story

3) Discuss what the overall message the author is trying to send about Haze using this symbol.

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

The shrunken man from the museum plays an important but silent role in the novel. In your essay:

1) Describe the "journey" the shrunken man takes from the beginning to the end of the novel

2) Explain the significance of his presence in the novel

3) Comment on his role as the "new jesus" for Haze's religion

Be sure to use specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.

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