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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 Larry decide to put on the card instead of any of the typical Christmas symbols?

2. What is the name of the women that the Flying Dutchman meets and who falls in love with him?

3. What has Anna turned to in order to find solace while she had the phone turned off during the day?

4. Larry asks Burton what he thinks of the treatment that Hollywood gives to his _____________.

5. What is the name of Robbie's lover as revealed at the start of this scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Burton describes Hollywood as a bunch of whores, what is Larry's response to this assessment?

2. When Larry asks Burton about how he feels about the treatment of his movies by Hollywood, what does Burton reply?

3. What is Anna's explanation as to why she hasn't responded to Larry all day?

4. What does Anna say when Burton asks her if she will ever move out of the loft and into his place?

5. What is the one new work assignment about which Anna seems to be most excited?

6. Why were many of Robbie's dance colleagues and friends unable to attend the service?

7. Why did Burton take a job at eighteen as a messenger delivering to various homes?

8. What is on the message that Burton leaves for Anna on the answering machine before she picks it up?

9. What is the one thing that Robbie's family has never seen him do, which also upsets Anna?

10. Why is Anna surprised to see Pale come to her loft after the death of Robbie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Larry walks in on New Year's Eve in a funk, saying that there are more suicides at a gay New Year's Eve party than all of Scandinavia.

Part 1: Why do you think Larry is in such a foul mood when he comes back to the loft?

Part 2: Why do you think that Larry is smoking again, though he wasn't before?

Part 3: Do you think Larry is a person who will find his happiness? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Pale seems to be a person who can not stay on one topic for a very long time as he first talks to Anna.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna continues to talk to Pale, even though he is scattered?

Part 2: Why do you think Pale continues to change the subject while talking with Anna?

Part 3: Do you think that Pale and Anna are a realistic couple? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Anna notes that she doesn't really notice her biological clock as she and Burton begin to talk about living together. Anna is insistent too about staying where she is.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna does not know what to think about her biological clock?

Part 2: Why do you think Anna just wants to stay in the loft where she already lives?

Part 3: Do you think that Anna wants to marry Burton? Why or why not?

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