Mr. Blue Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Myles Connolly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Mr. Blue Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Myles Connolly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 first introduced the narrator to Blue?

2. What would Blue believe about living in a poorhouse?

3. At the beginning of Chapter III, what is Blue painting?

4. What is the highlight of the evening at Blue's party in Chapter II?

5. Fill in the following quote from the narrator at the end of Chapter III: "Isn't the _________ to endure to the end of time?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Blue's theology in the story he told in Chapter III?

2. What is Blue doing when the narrator first sees him in Chapter I?

3. What is Blue's life challenge?

4. Describe the people in Blue's story.

5. What does Blue do with his inheritance?

6. Describe the entertainment Blue had at a party for Stevens.

7. Compare Blue to St. Francis of Assisi.

8. What is the purpose of Chapter III?

9. What is the story Blue tells the narrator about?

10. How does Blue make the narrator feel about his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using what you learned about characterization, write a character analysis of "Mr. Blue." Include the following: a description, actions, relationship to other characters, motives, strengths and weaknesses.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Blue's religious views at it relates to the following quote from Chapter II: "Without Christ we would be little more than bacteria breeding on a pebble in space."

Essay Topic 3

The setting significantly affects the novel. Analyze the role of setting, including a description of the setting of "Mr. Blue," how the setting can change the novel and examples of how the novel would be different if the setting were to change.

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