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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 name does the narrator use before saying, "Hold me tight" (8) to Stokesie?
2. Stokesie says to Sammy, "I feel" (7) what?
3. The narrator asks the reader in reference to females, "Do you really think there's a mind in there or just a buzz like a" what "in a glass jar" (2)?
4. The narrator says that from the front doors of the A and P, he can see about how many "old free-loaders tearing up the street" (10) at any given time?
5. The girls ask a question when they reach what area of the store?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the animal motif included within Paragraphs 1-6?
2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that there are many people in Sammy's town who are set in their ways.
3. Describe the three young women who enter the store.
4. To what does Stokesie refer when he asks Sammy, "Is it done?" (9)?
5. What is the setting of the story "A and P"?
6. Cite and discuss a unique simile used by Updike within the story.
7. What is the symbolism of the buildings Sammy names?
8. What is Stokesie's career goal?
9. In what way is the power of paradox shown within the story?
10. What is Sammy's purpose for using a historical allusion in Paragraph 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a critical essay about “A and P” while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the story's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Updike’s story “A and P” and one of the story's main messages. How does Updike make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help Updike get across one main message of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Determine Updike’s message regarding the phenomenon of the male gaze.
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