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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 is Norah's profession?

2. What does Mildred do before leaving Philip's house again?

3. What does Philip hire Mildred to do?

4. Who tells Philip to go and talk to Norah?

5. Why can Philip not get back together with Norah when he wants to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Philip begin to think when he deals with Fanny's despair?

2. Why does Philip want Mildred to meet Griffiths?

3. How does Philip feel about Mildred's baby living with him?

4. Why does Philip pawn off his father's items?

5. What does Philip find when he gets an urgent letter to come to Fanny's apartment?

6. What happens during Philip's first rotation when he returns to medical school?

7. Who arranges the funeral for Cronshaw, and how is it received?

8. How does William react when he hears that Philip is changing his profession again?

9. How does Philip raise in the ranks in the department store?

10. What news does Norah have when Philip goes to visit her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Maugham have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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