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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 Blue notice about White?
2. According to the information provided in the first paragraph of Ghosts, who is it that walks through the door, thus beginning the story?
3. What happens when Blue finally decides to contact the future Mrs. Blue?
4. From where was Fanshawe's letter postmarked?
5. Where is the story Ghosts set?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Fanshawe do during his trip to the cemetery with the narrator on the day of his father's death? What does his action remind the narrator of from their early childhood?
2. When the narrator agrees to Stuart Green's project, what does he decide he will have to be deceitful about? How does this change the work he has been commissioned to do?
3. What does Blue want to do when he thinks about the future Mrs. Blue? How does this make him realize that he is changing?
4. 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?
5. What does the narrator learn about Fanshawe through his interviews with Fanshawe's friends and family? What is he looking for that he does not find?
6. Who told Blue stories about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge? What was this person's profession and what became of him?
7. 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.
8. According to the narrator's recollection, why does Fanshawe give his birthday gift to Dennis Walden? What is the outcome and why is this incident significant for the narrator?
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. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identity is a major theme throughout The New York Trilogy. Give one example where identity is confused or a new identity is assumed from each of the three stories. What does this confusion about identity imply about the author's view of reality?
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
Give two literary allusions that are found in the story, Ghosts. How do these stories parallel Blue's narrative?
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