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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 trembles as if “something had jumped against it”?

2. What have Peter and Wendy had for dinner at the carnival?

3. Dinner is being prepared for a family of ________.

4. What do the beds “try” to do?

5. What do George and Lydia notice about the screams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the nursery reflects the children’s psyches.

2. How does Peter threaten his father?

3. Why hadn’t George paid any attention to the situation before?

4. What do they see when they all walk into the nursery together so that George can prove Africa is in there?

5. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.

6. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?

7. George says that his children treat him as if he were the offspring. Provide examples of this sentiment from the text.

8. Why do George and Lydia suppose that they cannot change the nursery?

9. How long does he think the children have been conjuring Africa? What had he noticed, but not paid attention to?

10. What do the vultures in the African veldt scene indicate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Veldt. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Veldt. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action? Use examples from The Veldt to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare and contrast the characters of George and Lydia. How do they react differently to the children? To the nursery? How are their reactions similar? How do they view their lives as a family? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.?

Essay Topic 3

When Lydia first notices that something is not quite right about the nursery, she wants to call a psychologist. What function do psychologists have in this society?

Why does Lydia feel it is necessary to call a psychologist for the nursery? How are the profession and the machine connected? What will the psychologist analyze? What information can be gained? What is David McClean’s reaction to the nursery? How does he represent the voice of reason?

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