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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 Black tell Blue that he thinks the man he is observing is writing?
2. How old is Sophie when she meets the narrator of The Locked Room?
3. What identity does Blue adopt for himself during his second conversation with Black?
4. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?
5. What does Fanshawe warn the narrator about in his letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jane Fanshawe's critique of her son? How does she describe the relationship between Fanshawe and his parents?
2. What project does Stuart Green commission from the narrator? What does Sophie suggest the narrator do to make the project more interesting?
3. What event does Blue leave out of his report that elicits a response from White? What is White's response and what conclusion does Blue draw from this?
4. In The Locked Room, what is Sophie Fanshawe's condition when her husband goes missing? Describe the trajectory of her emotional reaction to his disappearance.
5. In the early period of the case, what two extreme attitudes does Blue experience? How does each of these extreme conditions make him feel?
6. What is Sophie Fanshawe's reaction to the narrator's opinion of Fanshawe's work? Why does the narrator assume that she reacts in this way?
7. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?
8. Why does the narrator struggle with showing Fanshawe's letter to Sophie? What does he do instead?
9. What is the person who comes to collect Blue's report at the Brooklyn Post Office wearing? What does Blue do when he sees this person?
10. Which of Fanshawe's works does the narrator choose to show first to the editor? What is the editor's reaction to the work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maps are important objects in City of Glass. How are maps used in this story? What is the symbolic association between maps and exploration as it relates to the character of Stillman?
Essay Topic 2
Letters are important objects in The New York Trilogy. How do these objects impulse the action of the narrative? Give two specific examples from The Locked Room.
Essay Topic 3
What is the importance of setting in the three novels that comprise The New York Trilogy? How is the city represented in each of the novels? What associations does New York have with writing and writers?
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