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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. At the time of the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2012, the unnamed narrator was which of the following?
2. The final sentence of Ann Arbor, 2002 describes the unnamed narrator's plan to take what action when she gets home?
3. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her friend Laura?
4. When Laura got a new job in California and her husband Dylan did not want to move, what did they do?
5. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the telephone symbolize within the section of the novel entitled Italy, 2000?
2. What is the main setting featured within the section entitled San Francisco, 2010?
3. What was the outcome of the tenant's story in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?
4. For what reason did the unnamed narrator see little of Camila during the trip to Italy?
5. What was the subject of the Swedish artist's creations, according to the unnnamed narrator?
6. How does the unnamed narrator explain her impulse to kiss Artemisia near the end of the section called Italy, 2000?
7. Describe the four characters featured at the center of the gathering in Ann Arbor, 2002.
8. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between "the woman as object" and "the woman as subject" (45)?
9. What information about the unnamed narrator's romantic life does the reader learn in Italy, 2000?
10. Discuss an instance when Popkey uses the second person point of view to connect with the reader.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Popkey send within the pages of Topics of Conversation concerning the link between secrecy and control?
Essay Topic 2
Popkey begins the text with an excerpt from a journal entry written by Sylvia Plath. Explain how this poem excerpt relates to the text and how it reflects the text’s themes.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Popkey's messages about motherhood within the text Topics of Conversation.
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