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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 Mr. Slump's mental state?
2. What does Aimée recount in a letter?
3. What does Mr. Slump reply to his secretary's information about Aimée?
4. What does Dennis ask concerning Non-sectarian ministers and embalmers?
5. What is Jungle Venom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dennis learn from Erroll Bartholomew?
2. Why does Aimée believe she will be writing her last letter to Guru Brahmin?
3. How do Dennis' poems help Aimée feel better and what does she do with one of them?
4. How does Dennis get himself a first-class ticket home and solve Mr. Joyboy's problem about Aimée?
5. What does Mr. Joyboy tell Dennis about Aimée?
6. Why has Aimée written a local newspaper columnist and what does he reply to her?
7. What happens when Aimée calls Mr. Slump at a pub, and what does she do as a result of the conversation?
8. How is Mr. Slump described and what does he write to Aimée after she writes of her thoughts about Dennis?
9. Why is Mr. Joyboy fearful and what does Dennis realize Mr. Joyboy wants?
10. What does the cricket club do in order to induce Dennis to return to England?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Mr. Joyboy and Dennis. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Aimee and Dennis. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in The Loved One help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 2
The two British men who work in Hollywood discussing how to recast the image of an actress named Juanita del Pablo is a scathing commentary on the disingenuous and manipulative nature of the Hollywood star-making system. After Sir Ambrose leaves and Dennis goes to work, it becomes clear that his job is at a pet cemetery. The services for a dead dog that he offers to its owners are a parody of human burial rites. The husband is willing to do whatever Dennis considers to be the most socially acceptable thing, showing that his interest is not in his pet but in what his peers might think of him.
1. Do you think the Hollywood system of star making is disingenuous and manipulative? Discuss, in depth, why or why not. Use examples from The Loved One and your own life to support your answer.
2. If everyone would know that the film system of making stars is false and manipulative, why do you think the general public still falls for the manipulation and supports the system? Use examples from The Loved One and your own life to support your answer.
3. How much of behavior in America do you think is based on doing what is socially acceptable? What types of behaviors might these be? Use examples from The Loved One and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
There are a number of interesting questions raised by The Loved One. Questions that Waugh most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Waugh' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Waugh' probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Waugh and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
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