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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. Under what article of the Criminal Code does the NKVD convict intellectuals of counterrevolutionary activities?

2. What story does Pennybrook note shows up in Touchett’s calligraphic work?

3. What brand of tequila does Albert order?

4. How much is Touchett paid for his first calligraphic efforts for Pennybrook?

5. From what city does a retired couple rescheduling their flight come?

Short Essay Questions

1. What marks Smitty’s social presentation as unusual?

2. What does Jerry note as his major failing?

3. What does “The Line” suggest makes a discussion of the weather a pleasantry?

4. Why is “Prufrock” a poor choice for seductive reading, per “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett”?

5. Why does Jerry refuse to order room service dinners?

6. How does Irina react to the Communist speaker she and Pushkin first hear?

7. What does Jerry note is the virtue of having a flight canceled early?

8. Why, per “Hasta Luego,” is emotional contagion important?

9. Why does Jerry agree to do as Smitty’s wife bids?

10. How does “Hasta Luego” gloss the term “emotional contagion”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A number of characters in the anthology engage in activities of at-best-dubious legality. What attitude does the anthology as a whole display towards illicit activities? How is the attitude conveyed by the text?

Essay Topic 2

“The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” makes much of the ethics of intellectual property. What position does the story take? What in the text indicates as much, and how? Does that opinion reflect or contrast with prevailing opinion on the subject? How?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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