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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. Where is Nick at the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. What does Lauren do with the pearl earrings Nick gives her?

3. What is the water cooler talk at the office these days?

4. What does Jim offer Lauren as she leaves the building?

5. What does Lauren change on the bids before giving them to Philip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Lauren about a new assignment she gets at the office?

2. How does the author create tension in the story at this point?

3. How does Nick humiliate Lauren after his lawyer tells him what she has done?

4. How does Lauren prepare herself to encounter Nick at the executive party?

5. How does Nick try to reconnect with Lauren at the party?

6. How does Jim alter the course of events and what happens to Nick and Lauren's relationship as a result?

7. What action does Nick have his attorneys take regarding Lauren?

8. What does Nick share with Lauren about the special project?

9. What keeps Lauren from giving in to Nick's charms and what does she demand of Nick?

10. How does Philip try to blackmail Lauren into spying for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Tony. What is his relationship with Lauren and Nick? What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by creating Tony's character in the story?

Essay Topic 2

DOUBLE STANDARDS is a classic story of a character remaining true to her code. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in business in the late-20th century when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they enjoy that 19th-century women did not have?

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