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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 food does Arthur Less eat for dinner in order to make up for the extravagance of seeing a Broadway show on his first night in New York City?
2. What does Arthur Less do when he gets back to his New York City hotel room after getting the bad news about Cormorant Publishing passing on his newest book?
3. The one step on Arthur's itinerary that qualifies as an act of self-indulgence is his sojourn across what country?
4. Why does the literary escort fail to connect with Arthur Less even though they are both within the hotel lobby?
5. Besides long, which adjective is used by the narrator to describe Arthur Less's nose?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Arthur's feelings about the works of the science fiction writer H. H. H. Mandern?
2. What is Arthur's literary agent's reaction to Arthur's latest novel?
3. What does Arthur eventually decide about avoiding heartbreak?
4. What is ironic about Arthur's acceptance of the offer to teach a course in Germany?
5. What are the reasons for Arthur's exhaustion the first morning he wakes up in Mexico?
6. What is the significance of Arthur's habit of not wearing a watch?
7. For what purpose does Arthur accept all of the literary invitations he has received?
8. What other two prize ceremonies are called to Arthur's mind at the awards ceremony in Italy?
9. What is the nature of the current relationship between Arthur and Robert?
10. What is ironic about Marian's last words to Arthur before he dives into the ocean during their first meeting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the themes of truth and lies are interwoven within the novel’s narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's choice of a narrator who is omniscient, yet who is also a real character within the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to create vivid pictures of the places Arthur visits along his journey. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
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