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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 Violet say Oxford University is turning her daughter into?

2. What had Tamar's father been addicted to?

3. What does Rose fear Lily regards her as?

4. What is the name of the doctor in Rose's village?

5. What does Gulliver say Crimond hates the idea of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the group worried about Jean?

2. What happens in the meeting between the brotherhood and Crimond?

3. What happens at Lily's house when first Tamar and then Gulliver visits her?

4. Why does the group's attitude towards Crimond start to change?

5. What does Gerard and Crimond discuss during their meeting about Crimond's book?

6. How do Tamar and Duncan end up sleeping together?

7. What is the matter with Tamar at the reading party?

8. Why is Crimond suspicious of Tamar when she visits Jean?

9. Why does Violet oppose Gideon and Pat's proposal to adopt her daughter?

10. What is Gulliver and Lily's relationship at the beginning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid-1980s British society:

1. Teenage pregnancy.

2. The need to find the right person.

3. Losing sight of one's beliefs.

Essay Topic 3

How did Karl Marx view world? What impact has his philosophy had on world history? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

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