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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 do Philip and Morris drink as a nightcap?
2. On which poet did Persse McGarrigle write his thesis?
3. Who is Alice Kauffman?
4. On the morning he leaves for Turkey, what does Philip Swallow discover they are out of?
5. What has Persse written in the snow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Ronald Frobisher's opinion on literary prizes?
2. What is Morris' advice to Philip regarding his conference?
3. What does Morris Zapp see as the beauty of academic life?
4. What is Morris Zapp's theory about sex?
5. What did Philip think about in the twenty minutes the damaged plane spent circling Genoa?
6. How does Philip Swallow's first day in Turkey go?
7. How does Fulvia Morgana reconcile her Marxist philosophy with her wealthy lifestyle?
8. What joke does Angelica play on both Robin Dempsey and Persse?
9. How does Cheryl Summerbee keep from getting bored at work?
10. Describe the atmosphere Philip sets to tell his story about Joy.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does Cheryl Summerbee play in the story of this novel? Does it change over the course of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast three of the different literary theories espoused by the academic characters in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the meaning of the title of this novel: how is the world small? Which world? What is an academic romance? Is there such a thing?
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