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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Epizeuxis.

2. With whom does Brenda go on a trip to Hawaii?
(a) Frank.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?
(a) It is loud inside.
(b) It is inexpensive.
(c) It attracts a young clientele.
(d) It is exclusive.

4. What does Frank like about Brenda?
(a) Her sophistication.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her voice.

5. How does Brenda seem to feel about Frank and Alan missing her party?
(a) Confused.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Apathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the details of the thick towels, Biedermeier desk, and private school meant to convey?

2. Which character is identified as being in an "intermediate state though looking assured" (31)?

3. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

4. What is the name of the firm where Frank and Alan begin their legal careers?

5. What is the one thing that Frank advises Alan he should not let his wife take in the divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the meaning of this metaphor used on page 23: "They were in the last rank of the armies of law."

2. Who is Brenda, and what is Franks' relationship with her in the first section of the text?

3. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?

4. How does Nan react when Frank tells her his theory about the difference between men and women?

5. What major event happens in Alan's life at Christmastime the year that Frank meets Nan, and how does Alan feel about it?

6. Who is Nan Christie, and what is her relationship to Frank?

7. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?

8. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?

9. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?

10. What is similar and what is different about Frank's and Alan's fathers?

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