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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. Which of the following best describes Philip?
2. What is the narrator's destination city?
3. What do Philip and the narrator do extensively during Philip's time in Autun?
4. Who is the waitress that the narrator meets while in his reverie of Autun?
5. Which of the following does the narrator NOT do as he adjusts to Autun?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Philip and Anne-Marie view the relationship from cross purposes?
2. What can be determined about the narrator's personality so far?
3. How does the narrator pass his winter days in public but not really engaging with anyone?
4. How does the author literally and figuratively use foreshadowing of Philip's death in the fortune teller scenario?
5. What are the narrator's thoughts about his life of solitude when viewed against Philip and Anne-Marie's affair?
6. How does Anne-Marie intuitively feel about her relationship with Philip?
7. How has Philip's life changed from one of ease to one of extreme ambiguity and what could be considered a factor in his way of life now?
8. What is the state of Billy and Cristina's marriage when the narrator returns to Paris to visit them?
9. What can be said about the narrator's reducing women to little more than sexual objects?
10. Describe a typical day for the narrator in Autun.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the book's title. What did the author mean by calling the novel A SPORT AND A PASTIME? Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Salter use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?
Essay Topic 3
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of hope. Identify at least two instances regarding hope in the book. Then cite an example to support each instance you name.
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