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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 does Joseph think Slake and McAlvane have no right to do?

2. What kind of officials are Slake and McAlvane?

3. What does Astrakhan claim is a sexual experience?

4. Why does Joseph say he cannot stay too long?

5. Why do Slake and McAlvane say they have brought Joseph into the interrogation room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Astrakhan say about memory in scene four?

2. Who is Robert Mapplethorpe?

3. Describe the dinner conversation between Joseph, Joanne and Astrakhan.

4. How does the interview get more heated when the FBI officers question Joseph's Internet usage?

5. Why do computer manufacturers leave entrance ways open?

6. What does Astrakhan say at the end of the play?

7. What does Joseph know about the hacker?

8. What does Joseph say about the beauty of the Internet?

9. What does Astrakhan say about the last time he had sex with Joanne?

10. What does Astrakhan say at the end of the scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Joseph's life:

1. Astrakhan.

2. Anabel.

3. Joanne.

4. Emma.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

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 play's themes?

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