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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. After Harold and Jude become friends, Jude takes what position?
2. On whose advice had Jude applied for college?
3. The priests tell Jude that they found him in what type of location?
4. What word does Willem use to describe his parents' reaction to his announcement about college?
5. Who is Ana?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Felix and what is significant about his emotional breakdown?
2. What is the occasion of the opening scene in A Little Life?
3. How does Yanigihara want the reader to view Jude's decision to keep his past a secret and how do you know?
4. What does Willem say in the opening scene when he is asked about his parents and why is it significant?
5. What happens to necessitate the use of the fire escape?
6. In what way is the theme of acquiescence included in the first part of A Little Life?
7. In what way does the narration of Part I: Lispenard Street differ from the narration of Part II: The Postman?
8. How does the theme of regret appear within A Little Life?
9. Discuss a time when Yanigihara uses a metaphor to represent some aspect of friendship.
10. Discuss a quality that Jude has in common with either Malcolm or JB.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of A Little Life and one of the novel's main messages. How does Yanagihara make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. What message is Yanagihara sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Yanagihara’s novel from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
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