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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 McAllister propose as his "rather primitive idea" to Sylvia, Mushari, and the Senator?
2. What happens to Sylvia after five years of living with Eliot in Rosewater?
3. To whom does Eliot compare himself in the first letter he sends to Sylvia?
4. What is the name of Eliot's ledger?
5. Why does Eliot's psychiatrist tell Sylvia he is resigning from Eliot's case?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Three, there is a description of Sylvia telling of her experiences and talents. Describe Sylvia. What does Sylvia know about the town Eliot describes to her?
2. When Eliot finally enters psychoanalysis, what changes does he make? How long is he in treatment? Why does the psychoanalysis end?
3. What is Eliot's connection with the Rosewater Fire Department? What is his rank within the department and why?
4. In Chapter 1, we meet Norman Musahri, a lawyer. What else do we learn about Mushari? For whom does he work?
5. How do Sylvia and Eliot react to the social set of Avondale? With who do they socialize? What happens because of this association?
6. When he disappears for a week, what does Eliot do? Why does the law firm of McAlister, Robjent, Reed, and McGee hire a detective to find Eliot, and where does he find Eliot?
7. How did the people of Avondale greet Sylvia and Eliot when they move to Rosewater? Why do they treat them this way?
8. Who is Eliot Rosewater? What do we learn about him in the first chapter of the novel?
9. Eliot writes letters to Sylvia during his travels, one from a fire station in New Vienna, Iowa. What does he explain he has suggested to the fire department in that small town? How do they react? How does Sylvia react after receiving the letter?
10. In Washington, D.C. the Senator, Sylvia, McAllister, and Mushari are meeting to discuss Eliot. What idea do they come up with while discussing the problem of Eliot's behavior and his current situation in Rosewater? How does Sylvia defend Eliot's behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Senator Rosewater has pushed through a law called the Rosewater Law. He considers this to be his legislative masterpiece. Discuss the Rosewater Law and how it is important to the story.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Eliot's service in the Army. What two things happen to him while in the Army that ultimately change his life? Discuss the importance of both things.
Essay Topic 3
When Eliot calls Sylvia from Rosewater, Indiana, he tells her he will become an artist. Loving the people of Rosewater will be his art. What does Eliot mean by this? How can loving people be art?
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