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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 do Amory and Isabelle have their first fight?

2. How is Clara related to Amory?

3. What does Amory think when he hears that one of his friends has joined a reform movement?

4. What does Amory tell Monsignor Darcy when he visits him during his troubles at Princeton?

5. Why does Clara not want to be with Amory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amory do when he goes to the front lines for the first time?

2. What does Isabelle do after Dick's death?

3. What is the title of the poem that Monsignor Darcy writes to Amory during the Interlude?

4. What does Amory do at Christmas after his fight with Isabelle?

5. What do Beatrice and Amory talk about when he returns to Lake Geneva?

6. What happens when Isabelle and Amory have their first fight?

7. What does Amory decide to do after his scary experience in New York?

8. What happens when Amory is heading to Europe when he is 13?

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

10. How does Amory refer to himself and Tom when he writes to Tom during the Interlude?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Fitzgerald have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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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