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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. Who do Claude and Emma discover belongs to the Communist Party?

2. What is Claude able to do now that he works in Mr. Weisfeld's music store?

3. How soon will Mr. Fredericks join Claude after Claude arrives at the music festival?

4. Whom does Catherine confide in before she leaves to elope?

5. During what era does Body and Soul begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aldo Frescobaldi's relationship with Claude affect Claude?

2. What do we learn about Mr. Powers when he has Claude's past investigated?

3. Why does Mr. Weisfeld send Claude to various piano instructors?

4. What does Catherine Fisk tell Claude when he asks her why she invited him to the Bentley School mixer?

5. What do movies and music provide for Claude?

6. What turning point in Claude's musical career results from his successful performance with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?

7. Why is Claude's intimate encounter with Eva, a violinist at the music festival, important to Claude, especially in terms of Catherine Fisk?

8. At the music festival, how does a pianist's stage fright benefit Claude?

9. How has Mrs. Powers changed regarding her feelings toward Claude?

10. How does the time period during which the story begins explain Emma's job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the setting, characterization, and point of view influence the theme of the individual vs. society in Body and Soul?

Essay Topic 2

Determine what you think is the primary theme of this book, and why. Be sure to use specific examples from the book as evidence to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What distinguishing characteristics of Frank Conroy's writing style would help you to identify other works by him? Would you consider Frank Conroy's style to have individuality? Why or why not?

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