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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. How does Daphne characterize Engin’s relationship with Islam?
2. What does Daphne underestimate about Altavista?
3. How does Daphne characterize marriage?
4. Who wrote the epigram for The Golden State, “Home is so sad” (1)?
5. Who is the State of Jefferson opposed to, in Cindy Cooper’s opinion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the state of Daphne’s finances?
2. Where are Daphne’s thoughts taking her at the beginning of the novel?
3. What positions do the editorials take on the State of Jefferson, in the paper Daphne reads?
4. What the State of Jefferson?
5. What is the economic and cultural state of Altavista?
6. How does Daphne characterize her relationship with cigarettes?
7. Where is Daphne when The Golden State starts, and what is her role there?
8. How does Daphne put the discussion of Islam and ISIS to rest?
9. What common ground does Daphne discover she and the crone share?
10. How does Daphne describe the rhythms of her sex life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate your own reading of The Golden State—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 2
What does The Golden State do for the reader? What anxiety does it address, and does it offer a meaningful catharsis or epiphany for the reader to follow or be enlightened by? Put another way: what questions of yours does The Golden State resonate with, and do you find that you have more equipment for handling those questions, now that you have read the book?
Essay Topic 3
Debate the proposition that Daphne was a sucker for taking Alice to Camp Cooville. Was she used? Was she really naïve? Could she have foreseen what was coming?
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