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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 the name of the restaurant the hotel manager recommends?

2. What is Marge wearing the next day?

3. What does Tom say he wants time to do aboard the ship?

4. Where is the young American man leaving for the next day?

5. Who does Tom meet on the bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tom immediately hate Marge?

2. How does Tom know Charlie Schriever?

3. What lie does Tom tell Dickie when they meet?

4. Why does Carlo want two people to ride to Paris in a coffin?

5. What has Tom been doing while alone in his hotel room?

6. How does Dickie insult Tom in Chapter 12?

7. What does Tom understand about Dickie in Chapter 8?

8. How does Dickie anger Tom in Chapter 10?

9. Who does Tom meet in Rome?

10. How does the morning Tom sets sail start off badly for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Highsmith set the novel in Europe? How different was Europe to America in the fifties? How does Highsmith express these differences in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

In 1999 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY was made into a film starring Matt Damon. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 54 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the difference between American and European culture in terms of the following:

1) Religion.

2) Attitudes towards death.

3) Popular culture.

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