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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 friend who Cristina wants the narrator to meet at the party?
2. What does the narrator wish he had the courage to do?
3. What is the setting for Chapter 3?
4. Out of what city is the narrator traveling?
5. Who is the waitress that the narrator meets while in his reverie of Autun?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator learn about Philip and about himself as he gets to know him?
2. Explain how the narrator gleans information for his stories about Philip and Anne-Marie.
3. What is the point of view of the novel?
4. What does the narrator find at Anne-Marie's that makes him think about how advantageous Philip is and whether he should warn Anne-Marie about Philip?
5. How has Philip's life changed from one of ease to one of extreme ambiguity and what could be considered a factor in his way of life now?
6. Describe how Philip and Anne-Marie's relationship begins to alter and what the basis for the transition is.
7. How does the author foreshadow Philip's death as he and Anne-Marie drive to the countryside?
8. Describe the two extremes of feelings that Philip has regarding Anne-Marie.
9. What information does the narrator find in Philip's diaries?
10. What is the outcome of Cristina and Billy's attempt to fix the narrator up with their friend, Alix?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of the narrator, Anne-Marie, Cristina and Billy. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.
Essay Topic 2
The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of hope. Identify at least two instances regarding hope in the book. Then cite an example to support each instance you name.
Essay Topic 3
Salter uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the novel and note why they are examples of irony.
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