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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 is the phase in a person's life when he abandons the world when it becomes too much to bear?
2. What reason does Philip give his father for needing money?
3. What does Philip buy for Anne-Marie when they go shopping?
4. Which of the following do Philip and Anne-Marie NOT do the next day?
5. What does Anne-Marie compliment about Philip when they return to Anne-Marie's room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the state of Billy and Cristina's marriage when the narrator returns to Paris to visit them?
2. Explain how the narrator gleans information for his stories about Philip and Anne-Marie.
3. Describe a typical day for the narrator in Autun.
4. What are the narrator's thoughts about his life of solitude when viewed against Philip and Anne-Marie's affair?
5. What is the point of view of the novel?
6. Describe the two extremes of feelings that Philip has regarding Anne-Marie.
7. Even though he is primarily an observer, what other elements of the narrator's psyche enter into the development of his stories?
8. What can be said about the narrator's reducing women to little more than sexual objects?
9. Who are the Jobses and why do the narrator and Philip spend time with them?
10. How does the author foreshadow Philip's death as he and Anne-Marie drive to the countryside?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Salter is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphors, and irony, briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.
Essay Topic 2
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of the narrator, Anne-Marie, Cristina and Billy. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
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