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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 the person who speaks to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38 tell him about the Rat?
2. Whose suicide is revealed in Part 8?
3. Whom is the Kipper referred to in the name of Chapter 24?
4. Where does the Sheep Professor tell the Main Character and the Girlfriend that it is considered a blessing for a sheep to enter a human?
5. After the couple checks into a hotel in Junitaki, what does the Main character do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What factors contribute to the eerie feeling of the area near the villa in Junitaki?
2. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?
3. Why is the Rat able to destroy the Sheep?
4. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?
5. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?
6. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.
7. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?
8. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?
9. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?
10. What explanation does the Sheep Man give for the Girlfriend's disappearance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Symbolism in A Wild Sheep Chase sends many messages involving themes like alienation, authority, and transformation. Select three items of symbolism and for each:
1) Describe what theme or idea they symbolize.
2) Analyze the use of that object to send a message at that point in the novel.
3) Relate the object to the author's use of surrealism in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 28, the Caretaker tells the Main Character that is easy to care for 200 sheep because they are cooperative and want to be led. How does this statement work as a metaphor for the mediocrity of humanity in A Wild Sheep Chase? Write an analytical response using support from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Imagine that A Wild Sheep Chase is told from a strictly historical perspective rather that with the surreal quality. In other words, that science is used to explain any mystical events in the novel. How would this impact the message of the story, the growth of the characters and the experience of the readers? Do you feel this could be effectively accomplished?
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