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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 title of Wittman's most recent play?

2. What does the man tell Wittman that he once was?

3. What does A.J.A stand for?

4. What does Wittman call the oriental man's accent?

5. Where do Wittman and Tasa travel to to look for Wittman's grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Tasa's conditions for hers and Wittman's relationship?

2. What does Wittmann see when he has an acid flashback?

3. How does Wittman maintain his integrity at work?

4. How does Wittman stereotype Tasa?

5. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

6. Who does Wittman encounter in the stockroom?

7. What has Wittman's co-worker, Louise, forgotten about Wittman?

8. What was Wittman's student film about?

9. What does Wittman tell the Yale Younger Poet about his theater company?

10. Why is Wittman angry with Lance over their first meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why was ethnicity and stereotyping such an issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) Was America going through a transitional phase in the 1960s? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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