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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 does Lenz compare recovery groups to?

2. What was the name of the boy who killed himself after reaching a ranking he aspired to for so long?

3. Who is interested in Joelle in Boston?

4. Who says that the United States is weak because the country would let its children die for the Entertainment?

5. Which character describes a dark shape that has enveloped him twice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lyle mean when he tells the students never to underestimate objects?

2. Why did Avril have an affair during her marriage to James?

3. In what way has Hal lost Mario?

4. How is Mario affected by his films not being as popular as his father's?

5. What is Remy's view of American culture?

6. Why does Joelle like to clean?

7. Who is Randy Lenz?

8. What does Hal think of Avril and Charles possibly being related?

9. Why is Don so interested in Joelle?

10. What is an example of James being a genius but inability to deal with real life matters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Hal have a breakdown at the end of the novel? What brought the breakdown on? How does the breakdown lead to the scene that is actually first in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Of the Incandenza brothers, which is the most emotionally and psychologically stable? Why do you believe this is so?

Essay Topic 3

Which character develops the most throughout Infinite Jest? How do you know?

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