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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. Who wrote the quote cited in Chapter 1: "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"?

2. What does the narrator brush over the letters from his aunt in order to see the hidden messages in Chapter 4?

3. What kind of camera does the narrator describe carrying in the hidden compartment of his rucksack?

4. Who gave the narrator his rucksack that he packs and leaves with in Chapter 1?

5. What author does the narrator say that Man had introduced him and Bon to in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the main characters in the film The Hamlet?

2. How does the narrator become involved in the production of the film The Hamlet?

3. What does the narrator say about the crapulent major's death in Chapter 7?

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

5. Who is Madame? How would you describe this character?

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

7. Who is Sofia Mori? How does the narrator meet this character?

8. Whom does the narrator become entranced by at the wedding in Chapter 7? Why?

9. How would you describe the narrator's relationships with his parents?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the events surrounding the Fall of Saigon. When did the Fall of Saigon occur? For how many years was the Vietnam War fought? How does the author depict these events in The Sympathizer?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Man's decision to free the narrator in the end of the novel. What leads Man to this decision? Why does Man not flee with the narrator? Who does flee with the narrator?

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