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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 Jenkins relieved is not the subject of ridicule in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
2. What does Widmerpool say about Jenkins' employment?
3. When does Stringham say his wedding will take place?
4. What does Jenkins begin to incessantly worry about in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
5. Who is Max Pilgrim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Thompsitt ask Jenkins as they leave the dance in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What does Jenkins think Thompsitt has realized?
2. Why does the topic of conversation turn to Gypsy when Jenkins and Widmerpool meet at the Waldpole-Wilsons' estate?
3. Who is Ralph Barnby?
4. When speaking to Widmerpool after the dance, what does Jenkins say he is doing to earn a living? What does Windmerpool think of Jenkins' employment?
5. When does Jenkins realize his feelings for Barbara must be cooling?
6. After meeting Barbara Goring, what does Jenkins worry about?
7. What does Jenkins attend in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What relieves Jenkins at the event?
8. In Chapter 2 of "A Buyer's Market", why does it seem to Jenkins that Stringham is well acquainted with Milly?
9. What does Truscott suggest when he meets Widmerpool?
10. Where does Jenkins encounter Widmerpool in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What does he find out about Widmerpool ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many secondary characters in Powell's work. Analyze and interpret at least five of the secondary characters of the first volume of "A Dance to the Music of Time". How important are they to the protagonist and the plot? What are their defining character traits?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the first volume of "A Dance to the Music of Time". What happens at the end of the third novel? Are there any unanswered questions? Why might Powell have chosen to end each of the three novels when he did?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the setting of the novel. How important is the setting to novel? What if the novel had been set in a different place and time? In your opinion, would the choices and attitudes of the main characters be different? If so, how?
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