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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. Mr. Rand believes that Chance has found the perfect metaphor for a productive businessman when Chance describes:

2. As EE discloses her private information, how does Chance react?

3. When Chance refers to the "room upstairs", he refers to the room he is presently occupying. What does Mr. Rand believe he means?

4. When Chance looks in the large hall mirror, what does he see?

5. In what way did the Old Man threaten Chance if he didn't do as he was told?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Rand so impressed at dinner with Chance's description of having a suitable garden?

2. After reading Chapter One, do you believe that Chance has the capacity to feel emotion?

3. Do you think Chance acted appropriately in response to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

4. Why does EE change Chance's name when he introduces himself?

5. What do readers learn in Chapter 1 about Chance's father?

6. By Chapter 3, the author has shown the reader what Chance's personality is like. How would a reader describe Chance's personality?

7. What is the maid's reaction to the Old Man's death in Chapter 1?

8. In Chapter 2, what are Mr. Franklin and Miss Hayes trying to discover about Chance?

9. Why is it that Chance does not appear in any of Mr. Franklin's records?

10. When Chance goes upstairs to the study in Chapter 2, who is waiting for him there and what do they want?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If a person such as Chauncey Gardiner were to exist today, how would he be received by the public and the media? Would people today be just as taken with him as they are in the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are two sexually explicit scenes in the book. Do you believe that those scenes belonged in the story or could they have been deleted? Why do you think the author wanted to include those parts in the story? What light do those scenes bring to the story to flesh out Chance's character?

Essay Topic 3

One theme of the book may ask the question "what is the point of life?".

A) Has this question been answered for you? Why or why not? How could it have been done better?

B) What is your answer to the point of living? Or is there one?

C) What idea was Kosinski trying to get across? Did he accomplish his goal?

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