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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 Danielle Minkoff's profession?

2. Where does Danielle live?

3. Who does Ludo offer a job on the new magazine?

4. Ludo envisions himself as ____________ and his revolutionary thinking.

5. In what New York city does Frederick Tubb live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Danielle's feelings about her mother?

2. What is the disconnect between how Marina and Murray perceive themselves and how they actually are?

3. How does Bootie know he has worn out his welcome with friends in Amherst?

4. What does David represent to Julius when he meets him while on a work assignment?

5. Describe how Ludo takes on greater importance in Marina's life and what he tries to convince her to do regarding her father.

6. What dominates Danielle's thoughts as she prepares to go to sleep?

7. Who is Murray's wife and what is her profession?

8. Who is Frederick (Bootie) Tubb and what is he doing since he left college?

9. What topic does Danielle try to talk to Marina about and why does Marina resist?

10. What do Danielle and her mother, Randy, do when her mother visits Danielle in Manhattan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN is a classic story of loss and betrayal. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Murray and Ludo. Both men want influence over Marina but have their hold on her in very different ways. Why are their differences classic examples of conflict in drama? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in the early twenty-first century when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms do they have that women in prior times did not have?

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