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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. Who dies in the beginning of "Around an Empty Grave"?

2. Who started the OAP?

3. Who does the reader imagine is the woman Marana describes in his letters?

4. Who does Flannery mistake for somebody who wants to get to know him personally?

5. In Chapter 7, who is late for a meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship Ludmilla has with Irnerio that the reader discovers in Chapter 7.

2. What is the role of the OEPHLW?

3. Why is the reader arrested? Who holds him and why?

4. Describe the book "In a Network of Lines that Intersect."

5. How can reading stimulate life, according to the author?

6. What do you think Calvino is trying to say about censorship?

7. What foreshadowing is presented in the reader's desire to visit Flannery?

8. Describe the story in "On the Carpet of Leaves Illuminated by the Moon."

9. Describe the shift in perspective that occurs in Chapter 7 and why the author included this.

10. Describe how the ramifications of falsehoods are explored in Chapter 9.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the goals and motivations of each character in the novel? Analyze three different characters and their motivations, citing at least one example each.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of the reader. What motivates him to keep searching for the "right" book? Is the character particularly likable? Why or why not? What evidence in the novel makes you have an opinion of him?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the books named described in the novel and analyze it. What motivates the characters in this story? What role does diction play? What's more important - plot or characterization? To whose tastes does this book cater?

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