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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Harry Crick find out that his son Dick is in love with Mary?
2. What does Mary stare at all day at the mental hospital?
3. When Tom and Mary take the baby back to the car, Tom is afraid that the silent baby is what?
4. What is the mother's reaction to the Cricks when they return the baby?
5. What temperament does phlegm tend towards, as reflected in the mood of the landscape the novel is set in and in the mood of many of its major characters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Unusual deaths and half-dead states haunt the characters of the novel Waterland by Graham Swift. Choose one character whose death or death-like state is traumatizing to the other characters, describe the circumstances of his or her death, and explore the death's lasting effects. Using specifics from the book, argue why those deaths were as important as they were. Analyze how death serves as a theme and as a symbol in the novel and what that theme or symbol implies for Tom Crick's view of history.
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel Waterland, the narrator Tom Crick uses fairy-tale language like "once upon a time" and references to supernatural beings like ghosts and witches while he recounts history. Using specific examples from the novel, deduce why Tom Crick does so. Discuss why he feels justified in mixing history and fairy tales.
Essay Topic 3
Graham Swift's novel Waterland is set in the fictional town on Gildsey and along a fictional river, the River Leem. The Fenlands, the River Ouse, the town of Ely, and many other details are, however, real. In a sense, that fact is symbolic for how the novel treats the relationship between history and story. Using specifics and quotes from the novel, explore the relationship between fact and fiction in the novel. Make sure to include Tom Crick's opinions about history in your discussion.
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