American Pastoral Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

American Pastoral Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What kind of condition had Dawn been suffering for five years after Merry's disappearance?
(a) Psychosis
(b) Suicidal depression.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Alcoholism.

2. Who laughs at the end of Chapter 9 after Jessie stabs Lou with a fork?
(a) Rita.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Dawn.

3. What is Merry able to explain Jainism to Swede without doing?
(a) Sneering.
(b) Yelling.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Stuttering.

4. Whom does Swede feel are delighted with the outcome of corrupted children?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Merry.
(c) His parents.
(d) Radical groups.

5. Why did Swede knock Bill down in high school?
(a) For making Dawn feel looked down upon.
(b) For being a bully.
(c) For insulting him.
(d) For being mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swede realize Merry is in after he admits she has destroyed herself?

2. Whose meetings were described as the American Pastoral par excellence?

3. What proceedings are Swede's parents watching on TV in Chapter 7?

4. What does Swede realize that Merry has been since she was fifteen after he sees her in Chapter 6?

5. What did Dawn not have when dealing with peoples' reactions to her beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lou say he is ashamed of Jerry for in Chapter 7?

2. How does Dawn describe her home with Swede to her architect?

3. What is the nature of Swede's phone call with Rita at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. How is Swede's conversation with Bill, Jessie, and Lou described in Chapter 9?

5. What is the nature of Swede's memory of knocking Bill out on the football field?

6. How are Lou's feelings towards the Nixon administration described in the book?

7. What does Merry tell Swede she did while in Miami in Chapter 6?

8. How is Swede's mother affected by Merry's disappearance in Chapter 7?

9. What realization does Swede come to about Sheila in Chapter 9?

10. What does Swede witness when he walks in on Dawn and Bill in his kitchen during the dinner party?

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