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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 church had Peggy attended?

2. In what role is Jeremy employed?

3. Which of the following is among the Seven Joys?

4. Which of the following concert series are advertised to Tommy?

5. What was the name of Nell’s biological father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Percival assert that admission to the Metropolitan Museum is for a “recommended” fee?

2. Why does Jeremy recommend against wearing a Mets cap when surveilling others?

3. What had Peggy summoned Nell to discuss most recently prior to the beginning of “I Will Survive”?

4. Why does Nell initially laugh off Peggy’s suspicions?

5. What does the narrator note Tommy wore to propose to her?

6. What is the usual topic of Peggy’s complaints to Nell?

7. In what does Percival situate the origin of his family’s fortunes?

8. What does the narrator of “The Bootlegger” note would be her preferred downtime activity?

9. Why had Nell’s biological father started bringing weekly flowers to Peggy?

10. Why does Jeremy opt to go out with a friend while Nell follows John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider novels you have read, whether for classes or for other purposes. What differences in effect on the reader exist between an anthology and a novel of similar length? From what do those differences proceed? How do they do so?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator of “The Line” asks the following question (13): “For to serve the ones we love and receive their approval in return, need life be any more complicated than that?” Does the remainder of the short story offer an answer to that question? If so, what is the answer and how is it presented? If not, what effect does raising the question and refusing to answer it have for the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, what differences in effect on the reader exist among the individual entries in Table for Two? From what do those differences proceed? How do they do so?

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