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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 Eleanor find tedious and boring?
2. What have Deacon and Gypsy been distributing?
3. What does Jenkins note Deacon had not particularly liked?
4. To whom does Jenkins compare Deacon?
5. Who is Jenkins relieved to hear is out of the country in Chapter 3 of "A Buyer's Market"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jenkins attend in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What relieves Jenkins at the event?
2. Who is Max Pilgrim? Why do he and Deacon argue in Chapter 2 of "A Buyer's Market"?
3. Who does Jenkins encounter as he is leaving the party in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
4. What does Truscott suggest when he meets Widmerpool?
5. What does Barbara do to embarrass herself and Windmerpool at the dance in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"?
6. Why does the topic of conversation turn to Gypsy when Jenkins and Widmerpool meet at the Waldpole-Wilsons' estate?
7. In Jenkins' eyes, what makes Eleanor different from the other society girls?
8. What happens on the way to the dance in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market" which confuses Jenkins?
9. After meeting Barbara Goring, what does Jenkins worry about?
10. Where does Jenkins encounter Widmerpool in Chapter 1 of "A Buyer's Market"? What does he find out about Widmerpool ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Powell's inspirations for the first volume of "A Dance to the Music of Time". Who are some of the real figures whom the characters are based on? What personality traits do they share? What piece of art is the work as a whole inspired from? What themes do they share?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the first volume of "A Dance to the Music of Time". What happens at the end of the third novel? Are there any unanswered questions? Why might Powell have chosen to end each of the three novels when he did?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and interpret the character Jenkins. What are his defining character traits? What struggles and obstacles does he face throughout the novel? What are his goals and motives? In what tone does he tell his story?
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