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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 cite as the other "bad time" (28) he and his lover had?
2. What "comes after [the affair] and lasts longer" (30), according to the narrator?
3. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
4. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
5. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
Short Essay Questions
1. After adding up the time spent thinking of his lover after the affair has ended, how much does the narrator calculate he has spent?
2. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?
3. How does the narrator say he was beginning to feel when he was getting ready to say goodbye?
4. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?
5. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?
6. What does the narrator see as he walks away from his lover at the end of their trip?
7. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.
8. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?
9. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?
10. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how memory plays a part in the plot of "Break it Down."
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the narrator breaking down the financial cost of his recent affair? To what conclusion, if any, do his calculations lead?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Davis of "Break it Down." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
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