Inquiry Questions

Guide Questions:
- What is the authour's cultural and personal background?
http://www.nwpassages.com/bios/davies.asp
Davies was a Canadian writer, and well-educated.
- What about the author's background qualifies him or her to write this novel?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies
Davies' achievement in literature study helped him to write this novel.
- How does the author's personal and cultural background tie into the storyline?
http://www.athabascau.ca/writers/rdavies.html
Fifth Business was a sami-autobiography, the settings in the novel were similar to his real life experience. For example, Deptford can be seen as Davies' home town, Thameswille.
- How can the author's background tie into poetry and performance?
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002151
Davies' achievement in literature helped him with the performance of Shakespear's play.

Selected Questions:
- How do the main characters in this book reflect characters in the author’s real life?
- What characters were made up and what characters were real?
- Why did the author choose to write this novel?
- What aspects of the author’s experiences are in the book?
- How much was this author’s life like a novel?

Additional Questions:
- What technique did the author use to catch reader’s attention?
- Why did the author use first person point if view?
- How dose the novel connect to the moral in society?
- How dose the novel connect to the events that happened when the novel was written?
- Why did the author divide the novel in the way it was divided?