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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 Sheldon's monster destroy on the way to the high school in "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold"?

2. What is the list after "Five after Five" expected to feature?

3. How long before the miracle does Stewart speak to his lieutenants in "The Cult"?

4. What fashion magazine is mentioned in "Five After Five"?

5. How does Stewart try to escape in "The Cult"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gates do in "The Devil and William Gates" in order to convince the Devil to give him all power?

2. What message is Stewart trying to communicate in "Five Under Five"?

3. What explanation does Stewart give about his inaccurate predictions in "The Cult"?

4. What collection of genes makes up Cary Streisand of the "Five Under Five" list?

5. What does Jon Stewart imagine himself to be in "The Cult"?

6. Do you find the final short story amusing? Why or why not?

7. In "The Cult," how does Stewart die?

8. Who are Fred Silverman and Lenny Bruce as described in "Lenny Bruce: the Making of a Sitcom"?

9. Why does Stewart create a fake persona to pretend to be Vincent van Gogh on AOL?

10. What has Stewart foretold in "The Cult"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Jack Kennedy and Eileen Hanson. How are the way they presented by Stewart different? How are the characters similar?

Essay Topic 2

Stewart's story, "Vincent and Theo on AOL," presents brothers who appear to be very different from one another. Compare and contrast Vincent and Theo. How are their worldviews different? How are they the same? Be sure to use specific examples from the reading.

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrative point of view carried through all of Stewart's short stories in this book affect the way characters are perceived by the reader? Choose three examples from Stewart's short stories to show how this third-party point of view impacts the work.

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