1. What is an ontological critic? (39, 42) How does this tie into the term “objective existence”? (40)

2. What do we mean by the terms “close reader” and a “close reading of the text”? (39,42)

3. What is the difference between a “good reader” and a “poor reader,” a “good critic” and a “poor critic,” and how does this relate to the idea of the objective correlative? (41,47)

4. What is the “Intentional Fallacy”? (43) How does this term tie in with the previous question? Link this to the idea of the “Affective Fallacy.” (44)

5. Examine Bressler’s 7 Steps for Ascertaining a Text’s Meaning. (47)

6. What is the relationship of the title to the story we read for today’s class? How important is point of view? What is the author’s tone? Where is the irony in the story?

7. Look over Bressler’s Questions for Analysis. (48)