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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 Lotto sing when Sallie and Rachel are visiting for Christmas in Chapter 3 of Fates?

2. Later in Chapter 6 of Fates, why doesn't Lancelot want Mathilde to read what he has written?

3. How old was Sallie when Antoinette met her?

4. How old is Lotto when he participates in a symposium at the beginning of Chapter 7 of Fates?

5. What does Lotto remember giving a Broadway actress for a wedding gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lotto feel when Mathilde tells him he can be a playwright?

2. How does Lotto decribe Chollie in Chapter 9 in Fates?

3. What does Pete serve Miranda to eat and drink in Act 1, Scene 1 of "Ship of Fools"?

4. In "Ship of Fools," what has happened to the world?

5. What does Phoebe Delmar think of Lotto's play, "Gacy"?

6. Why were Lotto's comments at the symposium just a small bit of news that doesn't last long?

7. Who was Leo Sen and what happened to him?

8. What does Mathilde suggest that Lotto do two weeks after his accident?

9. What happens to Lancelot as he leaves a plane at the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. What happens when a man comes to speak to Lotto after his play "Eleanor of Aquitaine"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mathilde never sees her parents again after her brother dies. In what ways does Mathilde experience abandonment during her life and how does that affect her relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Someone called Lotto a misogynist. Explain whether Lotto was a misogynist based upon things he does and things that happen in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Lotto learns that Mathilde had an affair. Why is Lotto so shocked to learn that Mathilde was unfaithful to him and how did the revelation affect him?

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