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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. To whom does I-330 refer as her "constant admirer?"

2. What do the citizens of the One State use pink coupons for?

3. What facial feature of R-13's does D-503 describe as "Negroid?"

4. What is the schedule that regulates each person's daily events called?

5. To what does D-503 compare the feeling in his ribs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of D-503's illness, according to the doctor at the Medical Office?

2. When does D-503 realize, for the first time, that he is jealous of other men with I-330?

3. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

4. How does the narrator describe the character called I-330?

5. What does the narrator mean when he refers to his "shaggy self?"

6. How does the narrator describe the character known as O-90?

7. How does D-503 claim to feel about I-330 during their initial encounters?

8. Why is the Integral being built?

9. How does the narrator describe the men working on the construction of the Integral?

10. What is the Ancient House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss plot vs. narrative in the novel. How do we learn more about the themes, symbols, etc. of the story? Through action? From the narrator's assessment of action?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of duty in the story. What are the character's perceived duties? What about punishment as their only right?

Essay Topic 3

Is each character essential to the story? Discuss the role of background characters like U- and O-90, and other characters who could be considered flat or round.

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