View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fully-equipped apartments at the Circle are reserved for musicians in Book II?

2. In what wing of the Circle's headquarters is Mae going to see a model of the elimination of physical money in Book II?

3. What is the ranking score that refers to an employee's social interactions at the Circle?

4. How many child abductions does Francis say have occurred nationwide since the child tracking program has been initiated in Book II?

5. How many monitors are on Mae's desk in the CE department in Book II when she returns for periodic work there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Annie worry about Kalden?

2. How do Mae's parents seem on her second visit to see them after her father has been covered by Mae's health plan?

3. Why does Mae meet Kalden in the bathroom in Book I and what takes place there?

4. Why does Mae post a picture of Mercer's chandelier given to her parents in Book I? How does he respond?

5. What does Mae encounter when she goes home to confront her parents about the blacking out of cameras in Book II?

6. Whom does Mae interview on the day of the meeting of medical professionals at the Circle?

7. Where does Mae meet Kalden the second time? Where does he take her?

8. What is PastPerfect and what are its uses?

9. How does Annie respond to Mae when Mae first finds her after her return from overseas in Book II?

10. How is Mae set up for her transparency in Book II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Kalden in The Circle. Where does Mae meet Kalden? How is he described physically? What do Kalden's actions reveal about his inner objectives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of symbolism in The Circle. What symbolic images are depicted in the setting of the Circle's campus? What do they represent? What characters in the novel are symbolic? How?

Essay Topic 3

Where does Mae begin working at the Circle? What are her job duties? How do these job duties change as her work continues? What does Mae think of her job in this department?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 756 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample