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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. In what year had Pascal been in New York City?

2. What contest did the narrator witness in Nebraska?

3. Which of the following did the Moulinards author?

4. What does the narrator claim is her favorite Italian film?

5. Approximately how many Moulinards live at the commune?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had authorities suspected Pascal was in New York City?

2. What does René report radicalized him?

3. Why does the narrator rule out Florence as a potential anti-Pascal actor?

4. Why does Lucien posit there are stickers posted in the lodgings the narrator occupies?

5. Why does Platon travel to the Guyenne with minimal staff?

6. Per Pascal, why does Bruno part from his erstwhile Marxist associates?

7. Why does the narrator voice skepticism of the commune to Pascal?

8. What does the narrator note is the most common utility vehicle in France?

9. What critique do Denis and Françoise have of the Moulinards?

10. What is the subversive action the Moulinards plan at the agricultural festival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of Creation Lake? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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