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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Anders's reaction to the word the man utters after he states Anders's consequence for a certain action?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He yawns.
(c) He sighs.
(d) He bursts out laughing.
2. When the bank's marble features are named, what is NOT named as being made of marble?
(a) Pillars.
(b) Counters.
(c) Stairs.
(d) Floors.
3. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked by the man with the pistol?
(a) Not a thing.
(b) No.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Yes.
4. How many times in total does Anders repeat the word uttered by the man with the pistol just before Anders is shot?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.
5. What object is stated to be much faster than the bullet speeding through Anders's head?
(a) Brain waves.
(b) Synaptic lightning.
(c) Memories.
(d) Sound waves.
Short Answer Questions
1. The first appearance of the bullet in what part of the brain "set[s] off" (35) a chain reaction?
2. Anders believes that the creator of the bank's ceiling mural had performed his task with "the utmost" (26) what?
3. What term is used to refer to the bone parts damaged by the bullet entering Anders's head?
4. How many questions does the man with the pistol ask Anders before Anders answers "No" the first time (30)?
5. What part of the man with the pistol's body continues to repeat a particular action?
Short Essay Questions
1. How many years ago had the event at the center of Anders's one witnessed memory taken place?
2. What is ironic about the mural artist's portrayal of the story of Zeus and Europa?
3. Discuss an instance of irony within Anders's final moments.
4. What factors lead to the memory from "forty years past" (35) being called up rather than another memory?
5. Where are the entrance and exit wounds inflicted by the bullet to Anders's head?
6. What is Anders's reply to the question he is asked the third time he is called "Bright boy" (27)?
7. Wolff compares the speeds of what two objects within Paragraph 35?
8. What threat does the man with the pistol make against Anders before shooting him?
9. What evidence is there to suggest that Anders does recognize positive aspects of even art he considers subpar?
10. What specific reaction does Anders have to his vision of a cartoon bubble and how do you know?
This section contains 930 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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