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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 the title of the piece that is included in the letter Amory gets in the Interlude?

2. What does Amory consider doing as a career during his first weeks at college?

3. What sport does Amory try to play in college?

4. Which of Amory's friends joins a reform movement?

5. What does Amory call the person he writes to in the Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Princeton feel about the changes in Burne in Amory's junior year of college?

2. What happens to Burne in Amory's junior year of college?

3. Who greets Amory after his scary experience in New York, and what do they do?

4. What happens at Myra's party?

5. What does Burne challenge the college newspaper about in Amory's junior year of college?

6. What happens while Amory is walking along Broadway with Fred Sloane?

7. What does Amory do in New York after Kerry joins the war?

8. What does Amory do when he joins the Triangle Club?

9. Who dies during the Interlude?

10. What happens when Amory visits with Clara after her husband dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Beatrice was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the characters in these scenes?

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