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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. What does Patricia Stokes say was the price for Lilly’s immense talent?

2. What does Samantha say Lillian’s pictures prepared her for?

3. How does Lillian say she feels when she is not taking photographs?

4. How does Patricia Stokes characterize living with Lillian?

5. What role does Lillian say Nina’s friendship occupied in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lillian’s breakup with Ken affect Samantha?

2. How does Lillian characterize her friendship with Nina?

3. How did the narrator of the introduction meet Lillian Preston’s daughter Samantha?

4. Who is Sam Decker, and what was his relationship with Lillian Preston?

5. How did Lillian’s photography routine change once she and Samantha moved to Brooklyn?

6. How did Lillian document her pregnancy?

7. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s living arrangement with Patricia Stokes?

8. What is the relation between the photos and the narrative Samantha creates around them?

9. How does Samantha react when Lillian tells her that they will be staying with Grete and Kaja permanently?

10. How is Samantha’s father characterized in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the novel—which is presented as an exhibition catalog—as a capstone in the relationship between Lillian and Samantha. How does the catalog resolve tensions between them? What remains unresolved? What would it take to resolve what is left open?

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the ending of Feast Your Eyes. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

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