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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 Phil want to sell?

2. To whom does Stan refer when he is trying to light himself on fire?

3. What were Babylon and Nineveh built out of, according to Stan?

4. Where does Jimmy tell Tony to go when he questions his sexuality?

5. According to Stan, what was Athens built of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna's mother say when she scolds her for her line of work?

2. What does George tell Phil in regards to Elaine?

3. What does Jimmy say to Congo concerning their comparative social status?

4. How does Pearline normally feel about fires?

5. When a shower of petals flutters all over the table at the roadhouse, how does Ellen react?

6. What is Congo's line of work and how is he faring?

7. What does Jimmy say about his job at the Times?

8. What does Stan say to himself in the mirror regarding his marriage?

9. What does Congo say of Jimmy's life experience?

10. How do the people at the Louis Expresso Association's Annual Dance react to Gus McNeil's presence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Joe O'keefe's role in the book? What is he trying to accomplish? Does he succeed in his goals? How does he affect changes in the realms in which he invests his time?

Essay Topic 2

What is Jimmy's relationship to his mother like when he was a child? How does he deal with her illness and her death? How does her role in his life affect how he evolves throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Advertising is a recurring motif in the book. Write about the role of advertising in New York society at this time, the effect it has on people, and how the author uses it to move the story line.

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