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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. Whose house is the Now and Then dance held at?
(a) Roberta's
(b) Jill Trumbull's
(c) Bella Griffith's
(d) Sondra Finchley's

2. What kind of shop does Short own?
(a) A record store
(b) A disco
(c) A clothes shop
(d) A food shop

3. Why has Roberta come to the lake?
(a) To drown
(b) To go for a walk
(c) To swim
(d) To pick water lillies

4. How much do the pills that Clyde buys cost?
(a) $10
(b) $15
(c) $5
(d) $6

5. What is the name of Roberta's new landlady?
(a) Mrs. Farrow
(b) Mrs. Grifiths
(c) Mrs. Gilpin
(d) Mrs. Newton

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roberta room with?

2. Which of Clyde's fellow workers is the classy dresser?

3. For how money does Rubenstein try to sell the fur jacket?

4. Who clings to Roberta and makes Clyde and Roberta's relationship difficult?

5. How money does Clyde's mother ask from him per week?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Clyde's behavior reflect American society?

2. Why does Clyde find it so difficult to provide for his family?

3. How has Clyde reacted to killing Roberta?

4. How does Dreiser show Clyde and Roberta's fragmented thoughts?

5. What two taboos does Dreiser address in book 2, chapter 37?

6. What three taboos and social rules does Roberta learn in this chapter?

7. In what way is the political situation getting in the way of the trial?

8. In what way are Clyde's faults exposed in chapter 9, book two?

9. Why does Clyde befriend Miller Nicholson?

10. How does Dreiser use the crime to show the American class structure?

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