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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lucy take out a government loan?
(a) To buy a car.
(b) To travel to Europe.
(c) To pay tuition.
(d) To get breast implants.

2. According to Ann, what did Lucy want all for herself?
(a) Money.
(b) Attention.
(c) Men.
(d) Book deals.

3. Ann was amazed at Lucy's autobiographical essay about _____________________.
(a) Cancer and her face.
(b) Being molested as a child.
(c) Being schizophrenic.
(d) Growing up Catholic.

4. Lucy said that her life became dependent on ________________.
(a) Art.
(b) Money.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Food.

5. Why did Ann need to find an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa?
(a) She wanted to be close to her family again.
(b) She was going to attend the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
(c) Her husband was transferred.
(d) She got a job in Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucy found strength and _________________ in suffering and cruelty.

2. Where did Lucy once pretend to be for days?

3. What did Ann and Lucy do to find their way out of their miserable lives?

4. Primo Levi wrote a book about __________________.

5. For what reason did Ann tell Lucy that she, too, needed some face repair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances of Lucy's disfigured face?

2. What was Ann's opinion of Lucy's obsession with the Holocaust?

3. Why was Lucy's life such an anomaly?

4. What was Ann's experience with the philanthropist adviser in New York?

5. With whom did Lucy fall in love in Provincetown, and how did he affect her life?

6. What did Lucy's pulling out of the documentary symbolize for Lucy?

7. What were Lucy's accommodations at Yaddo, and what was the only negative of the experience?

8. Why was Lucy happy when Ann broke up with Dennis?

9. What is the premise of TRUTH & BEAUTY?

10. What role did Lucy represent in her friendship with Ann?

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