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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular claim in Mr. Weisfeld's legal documents brings Claude out of his depression over Mr. Weisfeld's death?

2. What do Claude and Frescobaldi play as the last piece of the second concert?

3. Where is the first concert date for Claude and Frescobaldi?

4. Who meets Claude at the train station when he goes to spend the weekend at the Powers'?

5. In what year is Claude at college when he meets "Lady" Powers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At what two or three points in the story is the tension highest? Lowest? How does the author create the highest and lowest degrees of tension? Are the situations which involve tension appropriate to the plot structure? Why or why not? Does Body and Soul as a whole seem high- or low-tension? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Internal conflict affects different characters in the story. Choose a character who faces internal conflict. Explain what the conflict is, how the character attempts to resolve the internal conflict, if the conflict is resolved and how it is resolved, if the conflict is not resolved why it is not resolved, and what you learned about the character from the internal conflict. How does the resolution or lack of resolution of the internal conflict affect the character?

Essay Topic 3

Name a character, other than the main characters, who is important to the story. Why is the character important? Could the story have been written without this character? Why or why not?

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