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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. In what wing of the Circle's headquarters is Mae going to see a model of the elimination of physical money in Book II?
2. For how long has Mae been transparent in the opening of Book II?
3. Where does Annie say she was while working on a program called PastPerfect in Book II?
4. The narrator asserts in Book I regarding the transparency program, "By the end of the fifth week, there were" how many "elected officials, from Lincoln to Lahore, who had gone completely clear" (239)?
5. Where does Mae go to eat with Renata, Denise, and Josiah after the governor goes transparent in Book II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the Sahara Desert in the novel?
2. Whom does Mae interview on the day of the meeting of medical professionals at the Circle?
3. Why does Mae continue working in CE after her transparency?
4. What is PastPerfect and what are its uses?
5. What is CHAD and what are its benefits?
6. What does Mae encounter when she goes home to confront her parents about the blacking out of cameras in Book II?
7. How is duality expressed thematically in The Circle?
8. What aspects of her job does Gina introduce Mae to in Book I?
9. What role does Olivia Santos play in the novel?
10. What leads to Mae's arrest in Book I? Why is she released?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the plot structure of The Circle. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and the denouement of the plot?
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
Describe and discuss the character of Mercer in The Circle. What is Mercer's relationship to Mae? How do Mercer's opinions and views of technology and the advances of the Circle differ from Mae's? What happens to Mercer in the end of the novel?
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