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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. When Alan is talking about his divorce, what does Frank interrupt him to show him?
2. What is Alan's family's religious background?
3. What is Frank referring to when he asks Brenda what she is going to do with "that beautiful struma" (27)?
4. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
5. What is implied about having offices "near the copying machines" (29)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the outcome of Frank and Alan's big case, and how does it impact their careers?
2. In what way is Alan's reaction to Nan different from Frank's?
3. What does Frank tell Nan is the difference between men and women?
4. 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?
5. Who is Brenda, and what is Franks' relationship with her in the first section of the text?
6. What is "Hardmann Roe," and what role does it play in shaping Frank's and Alan's careers?
7. What is the story that Nan Christie tells Frank about trying to find someone to date and marry?
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. What is similar and what is different about Frank's and Alan's fathers?
10. How does Nan react when Frank tells her his theory about the difference between men and women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Are Frank and Alan happy with their lives and achievements? Write an essay that uses evidence from the text to support a claim about whether either man understands how to make himself truly happy.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the settings of New York and Europe in "American Express." Your essay should make a claim about the significance of these two settings, not simply describe them. Be sure to support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the characterization of Frank in "American Express." Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
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