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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 does the narrator feel he can do if he thinks of his time with his lover too much?
2. How much does the narrator calculate his love making cost?
3. The narrator describes that after watching his lover sleep he finally falls asleep "lightly" (23). Why?
4. What were the narrator and his lover doing in the "very clean white place" (24) he recalls?
5. What colors does the narrator use to describe his lover's hair when he recalls her looking up at him from the newspaper she was reading?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the image of the narrator's love in the coffee shop.
2. The narrator describes a moment in bed when his lover talked nonstop late into the night, her mouth close to his ear. How did he feel during that time?
3. Based on what the narrator says he spent in the first few paragraphs, what did he and his lover do during their trip?
4. What does the narrator note about his lover's skin when he talks about waking up and looking at her?
5. What are the feelings the narrator experiences when he starts to lose the feeling of being with his lover?
6. What type of questions does the narrator say he begins to ask himself after "the pictures start to go" (25) of his time with his lover?
7. How do the feelings about the narrator's affair linger after it ends at first?
8. After including the entire day he and his lover spend together and all the bits that add up, how much does he say he has spent per hour?
9. How much does the narrator first say the cost of their love making was each hour?
10. Why does the narrator choose not to kiss his lover's eyelids as he wants to while he watches her sleep?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though there is no direct dialogue in "Break it Down," the narrator reflects on two conversations between himself and his lover. What were these conversions? What significance do they hold? Why might the author have chosen to include these?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the narrator's goals and motives. What are they? Does he achieve them? Are they the same or different from his lover's goals and motives? How do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of "Break it Down." Who is she? What else has she written? How is "Break it Down" similar or different from her previous works?
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