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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 Ulysses often send Peg?

2. Where is the captain killed?

3. What does Pete warn Temps about in Florence in his letter?

4. Who does Peg fall in love with when Ulysses is at war?

5. Why does Ulysses tell Evelyn not to light a cigarette?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ulysses often think of during his first days in Italy and why?

2. How does Col seem to feel about the fact that Cress and Ulysses have moved to Italy?

3. How do Evelyn and Ulysses meet?

4. What do Evelyn and Ulysses bond over during their first meeting?

5. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

6. Who are some of Ulysses's first visitors in Italy?

7. What does Ulysses do when he gets home from the war?

8. What does Peg do in Part II that everyone around her objects to?

9. What kind of relationship does Ulysses have with his wife Peg?

10. Why does Ulysses feel he will not die in the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Peggy's approach, feelings, and actions surrounding motherhood change throughout the novel, and why do they change? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Winman use dialogue throughout the novel, but especially in its early stages, to set the tone and the reader's expectations? Write a journal entry explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Winman chose to write Still Life from the third-person omniscient perspective, and how does this perspective affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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