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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 is the name of Rosemary's mother?

2. What does Abe say is the best thing to have?

3. What does Rosemary discover when she returns to her room?

4. What does Rosemary think of back at her hotel?

5. What does Nicole give to Rosemary's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the sun coming out when Dick kisses Rosemary?

2. How does Dick realize that Nicole is mentally unstable?

3. What are the effects of Dick's habit of giving compliments to Rosemary?

4. What is Rosemary's response when Dick will not comply with her request to make love?

5. Describe the burgeoning romance between Dick and Nicole.

6. How does Rosemary continue to compare herself to Nicole?

7. How is Dick able to ascertain that Nicole is upset about his continuing attention toward Rosemary?

8. How does the duel turn into an entertainment event?

9. Describe the setting for the opening of the novel.

10. What differences does Rosemary note in her spending habits and Nicole's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is it that the characters in the novel have so much time to play? Do they characterize any particular segment of society? Or are they enjoying post-war prosperity to its fullest? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Explain what Fitzgerald meant by this statement: "She illustrated very simple principles, containing in herself her own doom, but illustrated them so accurately that there was grace in the procedure, and presently Rosemary would try to imitate it." About whom is Fitzgerald speaking? Why would Rosemary want to imitate what she sees from this person?

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