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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. In a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy tells his wife all the things he misses about her. What does he say he misses most?
2. What is Roy's mother's name?
3. Celestial writes in a letter to Roy in Part One: "Bridge Music," "When something happens that eclipses the imaginable, it changes a person. It's like the difference between" what (41)?
4. Where did Roy and Celestial go for dinner on their first anniversary?
5. From what college did Celestial transfer to Spelman?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Andre describe his feelings for Celestial in high school?
2. What does Celestial's baby doll in the prison outfit symbolize?
3. How does Roy describe Celestial's art? What does she create?
4. Why does Roy write to Mr. Banks in Part One: "Bridge Music"? What does Mr. Banks reply?
5. Where is Roy from? How is this setting described?
6. What surprising discovery does Roy write to Celestial about his cellmate Walter?
7. What does an epistolary novel refer to? What are the benefits of epistolary style?
8. How does Andre justify his relationship with Celestial in his first monologue in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
9. Where is Celestial from? How is this setting described?
10. How is Olive's illness and death described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of Roy in An American Marriage. How old is Roy? Where is he from? Where did he attend college? What career did he enter into? What led to Roy's arrest? How does the arrest change Roy's life?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Gloria and Olive in the novel. How are these mothers in the story similar? How are they different? Which character is the most empathetic? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the element of setting in An American Marriage. Why is the setting of this story important? Could this novel take place anywhere else? Why or why not?
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