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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?
(a) The view from his balcony.
(b) An alumni magazine.
(c) A legal passage dealing with spousal support.
(d) His Biedermeier desk.

2. What kind of company is Hardmann Roe?
(a) A lobbying group.
(b) A large manufacturer.
(c) A law firm.
(d) A drug company.

3. What does Nan say is the cause of her life "made up of disappointments" (32)?
(a) Staying in New York instead of returning to Nashville.
(b) Her lack of education.
(c) Falling in love with the wrong people.
(d) Her upbringing.

4. On page 35, when Alan tells Frank that the women he likes are all looking for someone like Frank, what does Frank reply?
(a) "Alan, we're the same, you and me."
(b) "Let them find me, then."
(c) "They think they are."
(d) "They don't know what's good for them."

5. What does working on the Hardmann Roe case remind Frank and Alan of?
(a) Their questions about whether law is the right career.
(b) Their fathers' high expectations.
(c) Being students.
(d) A championship game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the firm where Frank and Alan begin their legal careers?

2. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

3. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?

4. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

5. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Alan's reaction to Nan different from Frank's?

2. Explain the meaning of this metaphor used on page 23: "They were in the last rank of the armies of law."

3. What do Frank and Alan do two months before their big case is supposed to be tried, and why do people tell them it is a bad idea?

4. What is similar and what is different about Frank's and Alan's fathers?

5. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?

6. What angers Frank so much at the bar and restaurant called "Jack's'?

7. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?

8. What major event happens in Alan's life at Christmastime the year that Frank meets Nan, and how does Alan feel about it?

9. On page 29, what does Brenda say about "thin-lipped women," and how does Frank respond?

10. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?

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