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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. Lengel is said to give the young women in the store what kind of look?
2. What is the third word of the song Sammy has come to hear when he works the register?
3. Who notices when the narrator reacts in a particular way to Lengel's repetition of one word?
4. The narrator states that "Policy is what" (19) who wants?
5. In what type of glasses do the narrator's parents serve alcoholic beverages at parties?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe an example of Updike's use of metaphor within the story.
2. Discuss the socioeconomic status from which Sammy's family stems.
3. How does Updike demonstrate Sammy's lack of experience with girls and women?
4. What unique form of imagery does Updike create to depict Queenie's anger at Lengel's words?
5. What type of home life does Sammy imagine for the young woman he dubs "Queenie" (5)?
6. What is Lengel's reply to Sammy's accusation?
7. Describe Updike's use of foreshadowing within the story "A and P".
8. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility enter the narrative?
9. Which comment of Lengel's causes the young woman dubbed "Queenie" (5) to get angry rather than embarrassed?
10. Of what crime does Sammy accuse Lengel when he quits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of conformity within Updike’s story “A and P.” What is Updike’s message regarding conformity and how do you know? Be sure to consider characters that may represent conformity or its opposite.
Essay Topic 2
What is Updike’s message concerning the link between integrity and suffering?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Updike’s story from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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