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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 was Henry swerving to avoid when he causes the accident?

2. What does Claire tell Henry she thinks about him?

3. What does Will despise when he returns home?

4. Who is James Killoran?

5. What augury does Henry find in the hotel, in the beginning of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Henry's visit to Glenwood Springs to see Claire?

2. What does Myra ask Henry to do about her pregnancy?

3. What happens to Henry and Claire's daughter?

4. How does Claire die?

5. What is Henry's experience finding work in New York?

6. What does Henry lose on his way home?

7. Describe Henry's trip to Denver to see Claire before she leaves for college.

8. What does Henry remember of his father at the funeral?

9. What are Henry's thoughts when he arrives in St. Louis?

10. What are Henry's fears about going home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry Lightcap is a Hedonist of the first order--how does Abbey feel about sensual pleasures, and is there a contradiction in *reading* about pleasures of the flesh?

Essay Topic 2

Write a review that assesses the value of 'Fool's Progress.' What does the book do that is different from what it sets out to do? Is there a moral, and if so, what does it teach? Is it a cautionary tale?

Essay Topic 3

How does Abbey feel about death? Henry Lightcap approaches it with bravado and panache, but what are Abbey's feelings about it, as the author?

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