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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. How old is Jenny Fields when the novel opens?
2. When she is young, who does Helen say she wants to marry?
3. What do people tell Garp has happened to Charlotte when she disappears?
4. What is the name of Helen and Garp's second child?
5. Where do Garp and Jenny plan to go after Garp's graduation?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jenny try to keep Helen and Garp apart?
2. What emotional experience serves as the impetus for Garp finally being able to write while in Vienna the first time?
3. What do the deaths of so many parents symbolize in the chapter entitled "The First Feminist Funeral, and Other Funerals"?
4. What important role does "Cushie" play in Garp's life while he's at Steering?
5. What is the Under Toad?
6. How do Duncan and Garp finally make it home after Garp takes Duncan from Mrs. Ralph's house?
7. What does Helen wish about the way Garp treats their children?
8. Garp dies at the age of 33. Why is this number important to know in literature?
9. What does Jenny's attack on the man in the movie theater show the reader about her character?
10. Why does Helen react the way she does when she sees Jenny for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gender roles and gender identity are very present in _The World According to Garp_. Choose threemain characters from the text and discuss how their non-traditional gender roles break cultural norms and stereotypes. Make sure to use specific examples and quotations from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
The last line of _The World According to Garp_ is very famous. Discuss 1) What you think the last line means? 2) How does the last line relate to the book? and 3) why might the line be so well-known?
Essay Topic 3
Technical Sergent Garp, while immobile and unable to speak in a hospital bed, plays a key role in the novel. Describe three literary techniques Irving uses to help develop the character of Technical Sergent Garp. Making sure to use citations and examples from the text to support your thesis.
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