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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 Fanshawe warn the narrator about in his letter?
2. What job do the Dedmons offer Fanshawe while they are away from France for the year?
3. What is the impulse driving the narrator in Chapter 7 of The Locked Room?
4. What is absent from amongst Fanshawe's writings in the suitcase?
5. Where do Blue and Black have their second meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. What project does Stuart Green commission from the narrator? What does Sophie suggest the narrator do to make the project more interesting?
2. 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?
3. What does Jane Fanshawe do after lunch? What does the narrator think motivates this act?
4. What aspects of Fanshawe's background could be considered possible liabilities on the ship? How does his background affect the way in which he is actually treated by his fellow shipmates?
5. What does the manuscript contain that Blue takes from Black's apartment after beating him up? How does the story end?
6. What initiates the argument between Sophie and the narrator at the end of Chapter 7? What is the status of their relationship when the narrator leaves for Paris?
7. During their second conversation, what is Black's response when Blue asks him if the man he watches knows he is being watched? How does Black justify his answer?
8. 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?
9. What is Jane Fanshawe's critique of her son? How does she describe the relationship between Fanshawe and his parents?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of violence in The New York Trilogy? Is violence a significant theme in all three stories? Why or why not? Give specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
What is the role of women in the New York Trilogy? Compare and contrast Virginia Stillman and Sophie Fanshawe. In what ways are their roles similar? How are they different?
Essay Topic 3
Deception is a major theme in The Locked Room. Give three examples of deception in the story and explain the consequences for the writer. What message is communicated about deception and truth in the story?
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