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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. Margot protests that she had told Robert that she was in what year of college?

2. Margot realizes that in her previous sexual experiences, there has always been an element of what?

3. What physical reaction does Margot have when Robert is kissing and touching her?

4. What adjective does Margot use to describe the feeling of being rejected from the bar?

5. Robert's house is said to be fairly close to what other location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What marked difference does Margot see between the experience with Robert and her previous sexual experiences?

2. What action does Margot take that radically changes Robert's demeanor outside of the underground bar?

3. Of what knowledge does Margot feel sure as she tells Robert that he must consider her an idiot?

4. By her third beer, Margot is said to be thinking about what subject?

5. In what kinds of behaviors does Margot engage that appear to have a "palpable and immediate effect on him" (85)?

6. What are the exact details that Margot notices just before deciding (privately) that she does not want to have sex with Robert?

7. What is the source of Margot's reaction to Robert's question about her virginity?

8. How does Robert react when Margot is rejected at entrance to the underground bar?

9. In what type of thinking does Margot engage when she can "hardly admit to herself" (89) that she is doing it?

10. Margot feels that Robert's jokes about which aspect of her personality are unfair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Roupenian's choice to tell the story of "Cat Person" using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the story's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Roupenian’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Trace the characterization arc of Margot’s character throughout the story "Cat Person." Discuss whether Margot is a round or flat character and whether Margot is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of Robert’s character throughout the story "Cat Person." Discuss whether Robert is a round or flat character and whether Margot is a static or dynamic character.

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