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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. Who is the Sheep Professor?

2. What do the Main Character, the Girlfriend and the person who comes to pick up the cat discuss early in Chapter 24?

3. Who says that names are given to things with purpose that are familiar and not mass produced?

4. Who starts speaking to the Main Character in the darkness in Chapter 38?

5. Where did the Sheep Professor once work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Main Character react to the Girlfriend's sudden disappearance?

2. How does the Sheep Professor's information help the Main Character on his quest?

3. Why does the Main Character feel that he is being used as a pawn?

4. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

5. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

6. What explanation does the Sheep Man give for the Girlfriend's disappearance?

7. Why is the Sheep able to control the Rat?

8. How does the Limo Driver feel about the cat?

9. Explain how the Sheep Professor came to his current state of being.

10. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A Wild Sheep Chase sends a message about mediocrity and authority. Explain the connection between the two themes and the characters in the novel. Describe which characters represent mediocrity, rising above it and authority and its use or abuse. Analyze the message the author is trying to send.

Essay Topic 2

Many characters in A Wild Sheep Chase l flounder looking for a sense of direction and purpose while others are strongly motivated and driven by a passionate purpose.

1) How does having a sense of purpose affect a character's life experience in this novel?

2) Compare and contrast two example in which having a sense of purpose are positive and negative events for specific characters in the book.

3) Analyze how a sense of purpose relates to happiness for the characters in this story.

Essay Topic 3

Is it the isolation or the passivity of humans that makes it easiest for the Sheep to control humans? Explain with numerous examples from the novel.

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