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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. Everyone agrees that at 18, ____________________.
2. Where does the group go after lunch?
3. What transpires between Dick and the answer to #80?
4. On what had Rosemary's mother spent everything her husbands had left her?
5. What does Rosemary do at the Newfoundland memorial?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rosemary continue to compare herself to Nicole?
2. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says this about Dick: "he opened the gate to his amusing world. So long as they subscribed to it completely, their happiness was his preoccupation, but at the first flicker of doubt as to its all-inclusiveness he evaporated before their eyes, leaving little communicable memory of what he had said or done."
3. Describe the burgeoning romance between Dick and Nicole.
4. Why does Rosemary not have fun at the party after she analyzes the evening?
5. What are the effects of Dick's habit of giving compliments to Rosemary?
6. Explain the discrimination incident in Chapter 23.
7. How does Rosemary perceive the Divers during dinner?
8. Why does Rosemary feel jealous for the first time in her life?
9. What is the symbolism of the sun coming out when Dick kisses Rosemary?
10. Explain Mrs. Elsie Speers' devotion to her daughter, Rosemary.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dick calls the love between him and Nicole an "active" love. What does he mean by that? What does he hope Rosemary will understand by the description? What is so complicated about the love between Dick and Nicole? Is it different from the love between most married couples? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Rosemary's mother tolerate, and even encourage, her daughter's advances toward Dick, an older married man? What does Rosemary's mother truly want for Rosemary? Are the ambitions for Rosemary alone or does Rosemary's mother intend to take her share of the rewards? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
When Dick makes a conscious effort to engage in Rosemary's life, why does he consider it to be a turning point in his own? Why does he follow Rosemary to the film studio? Why does he make sure she does not see him, only to phone her at the earliest opportunity? Is he confused? Is he inexperienced? Explain this time in Dick's life.
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