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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 does Lance claim all the girls at the party are?

2. What does Wittman get tangled in the sprockets of the bicycle?

3. What is the title of Wittman's most recent play?

4. What does Lance cook for breakfast?

5. What is Louise's position at the department store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Wittman's statement about being the monkey King be seen as true?

2. What has Wittman's co-worker, Louise, forgotten about Wittman?

3. What does Wittman think about the film WEST SIDE STORY?

4. How does Wittman try to dissuade the Chinese girl from talking to him?

5. How does Wittmann react when Nanci compares his work to LeRoi Jones?

6. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

7. Who does Wittman encounter in the stockroom?

8. Why is Wittman angry with Lance over their first meeting?

9. How does Wittman maintain his integrity at work?

10. How does Gabe help out Wittman and Tasa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why was ethnicity and stereotyping such an issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) Was America going through a transitional phase in the 1960s? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Wittman's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What does Wittman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events changes Wittman's ideas about life?

3) How has Wittman's character changed by the end of the novel?

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