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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. In Chapter 7 Miller searches for a definition of manhood. In doing so, Miller reaches a new definition of man, as any person _________.
2. In Chapter 11, Miller learns a lesson about integrity and describes examples of his actions that are character flaws. After learning this lesson, what does Miller do?
3. Where does Miller find a job when he moves to Oregon?
4. What does Miller believe about himself that affects his school performance?
5. In Chapter 10, Miller tells the story of giving a talk to a group. What was the subject of this talk?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 13, the author describes his struggle with his self-esteem as a child. How does this affect his school performance?
2. In Chapter 10, Why does Miller promote maturity for young men?
3. Chapter 7 is the last chapter in which Miller talks extensively about his mother. How does his thinking about his mother change from the beginning of this book to this chapter?
4. Miller learns to play chess from a friend. He also tells a story about a man, Salome Thomas-El teaching boys from a ghetto to play chess. He sees a connection between playing chess and life for young men raised without fathers. What is this connection?
5. In Chapter 9, Girls, Miller tells the story of a young woman in a coffee shop. Why does he tell this story?
6. In Chapter 12, work is defined as honorable and spiritual. What does this mean?
7. In Chapter 8, Miller states that young men without fathers as role models are more likely to experience negative consequences in life. What evidence does Miller provide to support this statement?
8. Miller learns the secret to a successful love relationship from a married friend. According this married friend, what is this secret and what does it look like?
9. Many people, including the famous Dr. Alfred Kinsey, have researched sex. What have we learned from these sex researchers?
10. In Chapter 9, why does Miller say that he dated?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This book is a written in memoir format not as an autobiography. What are the differences between the two? If this book had been written as an autobiography how would it have been written differently? What, if any, impact would writing this book as a autobiography have on the intended audience, the message, the reader, etc.?
Essay Topic 2
Miller's writes personally and passionately about the negative impact on boys' lives that are raised without a father. However, females raised without a father figure also experience significant negative impacts. Compare and contract the impact of the lack of a father figure on females in today's society.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapters 2 and 4, Miller identifies three key turning points in his life: a.) David Gentiles; b.) reading President Eisenhower's autobiography; c.) taking a harrowing trip up a mountain with John MacMurray to photograph a sunset. Discuss these turning points and what Miller learns from each. What do these turning points have in common? What makes these turning points in his life?
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