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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. To what kind of shrub does Jamie compare Marian and Caleb’s relationship?

2. On which of the following streets does Jamie live in Vancouver?

3. In which of the following countries does Marian make a logbook entry?

4. Eddie is shot down on which of his combat missions?

5. Which outfitter makes Marian’s uniforms in Britain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What subjects does Marian study in Britain?

2. What response does Marian give to Ruth’s question about why people in Britain do not cry?

3. What mercy does Marian perceive in her assumption that her love for Ruth cannot be reciprocated?

4. What reasons are given for the ATA not teaching flight by instrumentation?

5. What difference does Hugo note between playing a person and playing a fictional character?

6. Hadley watches a documentary about one of Adelaide’s artistic projects; describe the project briefly.

7. What prank is Lindbergh reported to have played on a friend?

8. What insight into fear does Hadley report having from playing Marian?

9. What fears does Jamie note harboring with regard to the Faheys?

10. What reason does Marian give to Barclay for wanting to visit a nightclub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Great Circle do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the two focal characters, Marian or Hadley, is the more important in the novel? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

The novel remarks that Addison Graves accepts “A plea of manslaughter” and a sentence of ten years in prison for his actions in leaving the Josephina Eterna (53-54). Are the charge and sentence appropriate, given the circumstances? How or how not?

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