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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. How many children does Senator Rosewater have?
2. Who is Arthur Garvey Ulm?
3. Why does Eliot's psychiatrist tell Sylvia he is resigning from Eliot's case?
4. When does Eliot Rosewater leave law school and why?
5. What happens at the opening of the opera Aida attended by Eliot and Sylvia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Kilgore Trout? What one of his books does Mushari find to read and where?
2. When Eliot finally enters psychoanalysis, what changes does he make? How long is he in treatment? Why does the psychoanalysis end?
3. What does Eliot's letter to his heir reveal about his parents?
4. Who is listening on the other end of the conversation between Eliot and Sylvia? What does the person learn from the conversation to aid in the case to have Eliot declared insane?
5. What disease does Dr. Brown diagnose Sylvia with having? How does he explain this disease? Is it curable?
6. In Chapter Three, Eliot begins talking to people in front of a firehouse in Vashti, Texas. What does he identify as the main purpose of the Armed Forces in America?
7. What is the tone of the letter written by Eliot to his heir about the family history? How can you tell?
8. Where is Eliot Rosewater born and raised? Where does he attend school? What degree, and with what specialty, does Eliot obtain after WWII?
9. Eliot receives a call from Diana Moon Glampers. Who is this woman? Why does she call Eliot in the middle of the night?
10. When he disappears for a week, what does Eliot do? Why does the law firm of McAlister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee hire a detective to find Eliot, and where does he find Eliot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One theme in literature is the relationship between good and evil and how it affects the characters in the novel. Discuss the powers of good and evil in this novel in both plot and character development.
Essay Topic 2
McAllister tells Stewart Buntline "giving away a fortune is a futile and destructive thing." Stewart Buntline chooses not to give his fortune away; Eliot Rosewater takes another course. Compare and contrast these two men, their backgrounds and their adult lives.
Essay Topic 3
In the letter Eliot writes to be given to his heir, he expresses strong feelings about government in America, about the Utopia the Founding Fathers hoped to create, and what has gone wrong. What are his opinions? How does he feel about having such a large amount of money?
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