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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. The narrator describes working his first assignment under whose supervision at the National Interrogation Center in Saigon?

2. In what film does the narrator describe Mickey Rooney playing a "bucktoothed, bespectacled Jap" in Chapter 8?

3. Who is described as the A-Team's only black soldier in the Auteur's film?

4. What Beatles' song does the narrator describe singing in the bar with Man and Bon in Chapter 1?

5. Where does the narrator first arrive in the United States in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator remark about propaganda in Chapter 11?

2. How is the theme of sympathy explored in Chapter 12?

3. Who is the Congressman and how is his character first introduced?

4. How does the narrator describe the task of a spy in Chapter 11?

5. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sympathizer?

6. How does the narrator become injured in Chapter 11?

7. How would you describe the narrator and protagonist of The Sympathizer?

8. How is the theme of religion explored in Chapter 5?

9. Who is Claude? How does the narrator know this character?

10. What are the narrator's criticisms of the script for The Hamlet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrator's relationship with Ms. Mori. How does their relationship begin? How does it evolve? How does it end? How would you describe the narrator's feeling for Ms. Mori?

Essay Topic 2

How does the General respond when he discovers the courtship between the narrator and Lana? How does the narrator feel about the General's response? How does Madame feel about the situation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of duality in The Sympathizer. How does the author establish this theme in the first lines of the novel? How does the theme of duality evolve throughout the story? What symbolism relates to this theme?

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