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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 is the title of Sam’s TED talk?

2. Which of the following is the first to be thanked?

3. In which of the following was Marx shot?

4. As which of the following does Sadie dress?

5. Which of the following had been a friend to Sam’s grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marx hesitate to tell Sam of his romance with Sadie?

2. Why does Ant express a preference for working on digital worlds?

3. What is Sam’s method for avoiding the appearance of disability?

4. How does the novel define “Boho” in terms of real estate (266)?

5. What initially prompted Marx to attend to Sam?

6. How does the novel define the term NPC?

7. Why does Marx pride himself on his memory?

8. Why does Marx opine that he, rather than Sadie, should have a problem with marriage?

9. What does Zevin note as of interest about her novel’s typeface?

10. Why does Emily give her neighbors rocks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the primary protagonist of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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