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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 aspect of his success does Bob take particular pride in?
2. What duty is the police officer performing in the opening of the story?
3. What kind of street is a "pacific thoroughfare" (619)?
4. What causes the few pedestrians around to hurry "dismally" past Bob (621)?
5. How far does Bob say he traveled in order to meet with Jimmy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jimmy, in his role as the police officer, ask Bob if he is going to keep waiting for his friend to show up?
2. In the story's beginning, what evidence is there that Jimmy takes pride in his job?
3. When the plainclothes officer tells Bob "We'll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times," (621), what does he mean, and what does Bob likely think he means?
4. What is amusing about the plainclothes officer's answer to Bob's question about whether he is doing well in New York?
5. What is the effect of the passage depicting Bob continuing to wait in the doorway as it begins to rain?
6. How did Bob and Jimmy know one another, 20 years ago?
7. What is ironic about the way that Bob describes his old friend to the "policeman" he encounters?
8. Describe the story's opening moments, including its setting.
9. What were the circumstances of the agreement Jimmy and Bob made 20 years ago?
10. Why does Bob guess that Jimmy might not be as much of a success as Bob himself has become?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that explores the significance of Jimmy's note at the end of "After Twenty Years." How does it advance the plot? How does it add entertainment value to the story? Is it congruous with the earlier characterization of Jimmy? How does it impact theme? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, including quoted evidence from the letter itself.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about diction in "After Twenty Years." Be sure that your essay goes beyond labeling types of diction and noting the effect of particular word choices; you should establish a claim in the beginning of your essay about the significance of patterns of diction choices to the meaning or impact of the text as a whole. Use quoted textual evidence to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of setting in "After Twenty Years." Use textual evidence to support your arguments.
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