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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many total letters does the narrator acquire that were written by Blue?
(a) 11 letters.
(b) 8 letters.
(c) 5 letters.
(d) 2 letters..

2. The sight of Blue in the hospital makes the narrator feel all of the following except:
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Faith.
(c) Courage.
(d) Inspiration.

3. Fill in the following quote about books from Blue in Chapter VI: "Books are for people who cannot _________________."
(a) Make up their minds.
(b) Escape the monotony of everyday life.
(c) Think for themselves.
(d) Drive cars.

4. Blue equates the fights of his day with fighting the plague with what?
(a) Prayer.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) A sword.

5. According to Blue in Chapter VI, what is the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine?
(a) An anomaly.
(b) A testament to mankind.
(c) An interpretation of the faith.
(d) Ahead of its time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gift Blue gave the narrator at the end of Chapter VI?

2. Who does the narrator equate Blue's loneliness to?

3. Who forwards a letter to the narrator from Blue on vices?

4. After the narrator leaves Blue in Chapter VII, what job does Blue begin?

5. In Chapter VI, what type of architecture does Blue rant about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Blue frightened by his own happiness?

2. How does Blue feel about scientific agnosticism?

3. What is the setting of Chapter VI?

4. Would you consider Blue to be a deep thinker?

5. What is the narrators reaction to Blue's plan in Chapter VII to live among the poor?

6. What is the difference between a vow of poverty in a religious order and the vow of poverty that Blue took?

7. How does Blue end up in the hospital?

8. What do the sixth and seventh letters have in common?

9. What is the first letter about and what does it say about Blue?

10. Could Blue be described as cautious? Which letter speaks to this?

(see the answer keys)

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