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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 adjective does Margot use to describe "the thought of what it would take to stop what she had set in motion" (88)?

2. How does Margot come to fall off of Robert's lap inside his car?

3. How many film classes has Margot taken in her life?

4. What adjective is used to describe Robert's following of Margot on their way out of the bar?

5. What emotion does Margot feel "wash over her" (91) while she is watching Robert put on a condom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Margot use generic language when she tells Robert what she wants to drink?

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

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

5. Conjuring what image causes Margot's revulsion to turn to "self-disgust and humiliation" (91)?

6. Describe Margot's fantasy about her future boyfriend.

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

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

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

10. What element of sex does Margot realize she loves most?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within "Cat Person" and what is Roupenian’s message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Roupenian’s story "Cat Person." Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.

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