Less Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sean Greer, Andrew
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 159 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Less Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Sean Greer, Andrew
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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. With what group of artists and writers was Arthur Less once associated?

2. When Freddy and Arthur are sitting in the bar and are describing one another using one sentence, Freddy describes Arthur using what adjective?

3. In the front hallway of Arthur's hotel in Mexico, there is an enormous portrait of which artist?

4. On what holiday in 1987 did Arthur Less meet his one-time rival Carlos?

5. What reason is given for Arthur's lack of a watch in the novel's opening scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What epiphany does Arthur have about heterosexual men during his search for his lost ring in the produce section?

2. What is the narrator's hypothesis about why Arthur spends nine years with Freddy?

3. What are the reasons for Arthur's exhaustion the first morning he wakes up in Mexico?

4. For what purpose has Arthur come to New York City and what is its end result?

5. Why does Arthur automatically lie when he is asked whether he has ever been to Mexico?

6. What other two prize ceremonies are called to Arthur's mind at the awards ceremony in Italy?

7. How does Arthur feel after his relationship with Robert ends?

8. What is the actual sound being made when Arthur believes the sound of thunder to be interrupting his reveries during the Italian award ceremony?

9. What is Arthur's literary agent's reaction to Arthur's latest novel?

10. How do Arthur and Robert meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the topic of the fine arts within the novel. Arthur describes his fascination with a particular exhibit of Japanese artifacts in Washington, D.C. to which his mother takes him as a child. There are several visits to museums within the novel, both in the past and in the present, and the vast majority of the characters in the novel have jobs involving literature in some way. What is the author's message regarding fine art and what its purpose should be?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the novel and the author's choice of narrator to relay the narrative. How does the author employ each and how does their juxtaposition help him get across a main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of humor alongside humanist messages within the novel.

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