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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 is the Electric Monk?
2. Who tells Richard that Gordon was murdered?
3. As the Electric Monk sits atop his horse in a valley on a foreign world, he incorrectly believes that the valley is what?
4. In Chapter 3, why is Susan Way angry with her boyfriend?
5. After finding the address for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and going there, Richard arrives in time to see Dirk's unpaid secretary do what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the Electric Monk confused after killing Gordon?
2. In Chapter 2, why is the Electric Monk completely still as he sits atop his horse?
3. How does Richard explain to himself the vision he gets of Gordon Way standing in the middle of the road?
4. What types of phone conversations does Dirk have at his detective agency?
5. Why does the little girl, Sarah, pass around a pot at the Coleridge dinner?
6. Describe the range of emotions Susan experiences in Chapter 3.
7. How does Gordon Way, founder of WayForward Technologies, flesh out his numerous business ideas?
8. What belief system does the Electric Monk subscribe to after he starts doubting that the valley before him is pink?
9. What does Gordon Way do on the last day of his life?
10. How does the author utilize foreshadowing with the character Gordon Way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Props and objects are strongly associated with specific characters. Explain the association between the following characters and their props and the importance of each object:
1. Susan and her cello.
2. Reg and his abacus.
3. Richard and his sofa.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Dirk Gently and Richard MacDuff. What attributes define each character? What are their flaws? At what points in the story does each one get a turn being the hero?
Essay Topic 3
Irony is a tool the author uses extensively in this book. List three instances where irony is used in situations involving one of the following characters:
Gordon, Richard, and Reg.
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