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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. When the inhabitants of the glass elevator see the inside of the Space Hotel, they are silent due to feeling what emotion?
2. Who or what is Mrs. Taubsypuss?
3. When the creature in the elevator changes shape and forms a word, what word does the creature form?
4. Mr. Wonka says that the Great Glass Elevator could link up with what type of animal if it were deemed necessary?
5. In what manner does Mr. Wonka teach the elevator's other inhabitants how to move around the elevator without gravity?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the characteristics and resulting symbolism of the elevator buttons.
2. For what reason is the Space Hotel USA unoccupied when the Great Glass Elevator arrives?
3. What is the purpose of the object termed the "Commuter Capsule" (11)?
4. How is the Chief of the Army's character used as a means to satirize the United States military?
5. In what way does Roald Dahl immediately alert the readers to the fact that they are reading a sequel?
6. Give an example of hyberbole within Chapter 3.
7. In what way is the theme of courage depicted within Chapter 3, entitled The Link Up?
8. Who sings a song about the President in Chapter 8 and for what reason?
9. Who is piloting the object termed the Commuter Capsule?
10. What method of movement in zero gravity does Mr. Wonka teach to Charlie and his family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator send about curiosity and what themes does Dahl employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
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 the novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that portray the close relationship between danger and excitement. What is Dahl's purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between these two elements of the human condition?
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