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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. According to Strane on page 358, what does he pretend about his students?
(a) That they like him.
(b) That they understand him.
(c) That they are Vanessa.
(d) That they fear him.

2. According to Vanessa on page 270, what is the difference between rape and sex?
(a) Age.
(b) State of mind.
(c) The age of consent.
(d) The presence of fear.

3. What does Strane want to remind Vanessa on page 327?
(a) That she is a woman.
(b) That she is a coward.
(c) That she is a poet.
(d) That she is a warrior.

4. Where does Vanessa meet Craig following her expulsion from Browick?
(a) A bowling alley.
(b) An arcade.
(c) A playground.
(d) A pool hall.

5. According to Vanessa on page 269, why does she lack relationships outside of Strane?
(a) Because she is too funny.
(b) Because she is too studious.
(c) Because she is too obsessive.
(d) Because she is too acerbic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the now-dead Strane appear to Vanessa on page 189?

2. What does Taylor Birch do for a living?

3. In what type of office does Taylor work?

4. What does Plough thinks of all Strane’s attempts to contact her on page 330?

5. How does Strane describe the girl accusing him on page 306?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vanessa discover while working in the urology department of her father’s hospital?

2. How does Strane react to his encounter with Plough? How does Vanessa react to it?

3. How does Strane describe the student accusing him of assault on page 306?

4. How does Strane die? How does he appear to Vanessa?

5. What happens during the interaction between Strane and Plough?

6. How does Vanessa fit in on campus, as explained on page 269?

7. Who is Bridget? Describe her relationship with Vanessa.

8. Why does Vanessa feel a need to see Strane, as explained on page 267? What does she get from it? How is this adoration function like a drug?

9. How does the literature in Vanessa’s gothic seminar parallel her real life?

10. Who is Jo and how does she get her name?

(see the answer keys)

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