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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. One morning, toward the end of his stay, Raymond awakens to see his mother sitting beside him. How does she appear?

2. What do Raymond and Jocie begin?

3. For what was the sanitarium built?

4. What happens to Major Marco's condition?

5. Does Raymond want to hire this person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raymond tell his mother about Marco? How does she react?

2. When and how does Raymond first meet Jocelyn?

3. How does Iselin's story change?

4. What does Marco tell Rosie?

5. What does Raymond do when O'Neil insists on throwing a welcome dinner for the Medal of Honor veteran?

6. Why does Chunjin arrive at Shaw's office?

7. What does Jorgenson do after this meeting with Marco?

8. What happens between Marco and Shaw, regarding Marco's fight with Chunjin?

9. What happens to Marco one night?

10. How do Marco and Chunjin get into a fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Josie's husband has died.

Part 1) How might he have died? How do you know this?

Part 2) What purpose does his death serve for the characters in the story?

Part 3) What is the connection between his death and the theme about the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 2

Iselin becomes an analogue for Joseph McCarthy.

Part 1) Who is Joseph McCarthy? How is Iselin similar to this man?

Part 2) Do you believe the author purposely create Iselin based on Joseph McCarthy? Why or why not?

Part 3) Would a reader need to know who Joseph McCarthy was to better understand Iselin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

These two themes are connected. What is the correlation between this theme and the theme of man as machine?

Part 1) What are the two central themes? How are they thematic?

Part 2) How are these two themes connected?

Part 3) What is the purpose of the connection?

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