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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 Dorrigo learn after talking with Amy in the end of Section 2, Chapter 26?
2. Where is Amy working in Section 2, Chapter 27?
3. Who sends Dorrigo a postcard at his military assignment in Section 2, Chapter 6?
4. Who is the woman that Dorrigo is in bed with when Section 1, Chapter 4 begins?
5. What illness does Tiny Middleton develop that causes him to collapse at work in Section 3, Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe the language style of The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
2. What does Colonel Kota remark about the act of beheading in Section 2, Chapter 16?
3. Whose 18th century death poem does Dorrigo contemplate in Section 1, Chapter 10? What is remarked about the poem?
4. What event leads to the surrender of Dorrigo and his men in Section 1, Chapter 13?
5. Where is Dorrigo in Section 2, Chapter 1? What is he doing in this setting?
6. What do Dorrigo and his men do while awaiting orders in Section 1, Chapter 13?
7. How is Rooster MacNeice's relationship with the book Mein Kampf described in Section 3, Chapter 3?
8. How is Dorrigo's meeting with Keith described in Section 2, Chapter 9?
9. What is the "Book of Souls" that is mentioned in The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
10. How are Dorrigo's circumstances described in Section 1, Chapter 11? What is Dorrigo's position?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the characters of Major Nakamura and Colonel Kota in the novel. How are Kota and Nakamura similar? How are they different? What are the overall objectives of each of these characters?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Yasukuni Shrine and the Book of Souls. How many individuals are memorialized in the Book of Souls? How many of these individuals were found guilty of war crimes? What do you think is the significance of the author’s allusion to this memorial?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the character of Darky Gardiner in the novel. Where has Darky been discussed prior to his introduction? What has been said about Darky? How old is Darky when he first meets Dorrigo? What does Darky look like?
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