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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. Where does Paula put Eric's letter?

2. What does Judy McGrath call Ducane?

3. Where are Paula, Kate and Mary at the beginning of chapter 17?

4. What kind of animal does the author compare Theo's face to?

5. What city is Ducane in at the beginning of chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ducane say he noticed in the pictures he took at the scene of Radeechy's death?

2. What do Kate and Ducane talk about as they walk towards Willy's cottage?

3. How does Willy react when Mary asks him to marry her?

4. Why does Jessica say she is searching Ducane's room?

5. How are the main characters connected?

6. How does Jessica enter Ducane's bedroom?

7. What do Kate and Octavian talk about before they go to bed?

8. Why does Willy's use of German irritate Mary?

9. What does Judy say her and Radeechy did in the vaults?

10. What does Octavian think is strange about Radeechy's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Replace the play's London setting with one of the following cities:

1. New York.

2. Paris.

3. Chicago.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote The Nice and the Good in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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