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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 is the clearest memory Catherine tells the narrator she has?

2. What does the narrator think is strange about his drink at the bar with his friends in Chapter 2?

3. How do Naz and the narrator get the people in the apartment building to move out fast?

4. Who does the narrator watch for a while from the coffee shop window?

5. What does the narrator feel when he first speaks to his manager at Time Control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What group of employees does the narrator have a particularly difficult time working with?

2. What specific neighbors does the narrator recall from his past apartment building?

3. What does the narrator threaten Matthew Younger with in order to get Younger to do what he wants?

4. How do the narrator's feelings towards his friend Greg begin to change in Part II?

5. Who does Daubenay set the narrator up with almost immediately following the settlement?

6. What do Greg and Catherine advise the narrator to do with his settlement money?

7. What are the terms of the narrator's settlement?

8. How does the narrator view his ongoing relationship with Catherine?

9. What is very unusual about the narrator's initial request of his building project to Nazrul (Naz)?

10. What actor does the narrator become fixated upon, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Naz's motivations, actions and perceptions regarding his work for the protagonist evolve over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some elements of the physical world that repulse and stymie the narrator, and why do these elements seem to have the triggering effect they do? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the original source of the narrator's feelings of hollowness, alienation, and inauthenticity? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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