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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. In what month is Molly's funeral?

2. What kind of person is Molly?

3. What does Vernon receive in Chapter Two at work?

4. Where does The Judge often feature articles about Julian?

5. What is The Judge's current standing in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vernon plan to use the photos?

2. Does George have ulterior motives in giving Vernon the photos to publish of Julian?

3. Why does Clive want to go to the Lake District?

4. Why is Molly's death humiliating in Clive's eyes?

5. Describe George's character.

6. Paired with another symbol from the novel, the article about euthanasia foreshadows a future event. What is this event, and what is the other symbol?

7. How does the novel foreshadow a deteriorating relationship between Clive and Vernon?

8. How are George, Clive, Vernon, and Julian connected?

9. How does George get the photos?

10. How far is Vernon willing to go to ruin Julian's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the ways in which each character fails to see their own shortcomings, even up to the end of the novel where the only thing that all of them cares about is revenge.

Essay Topic 2

Is there a protagonist in Amsterdam? Why or why not? Is there an antagonist in the novel? Why or why not? What is significant about the protagonist and antagonist roles in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze any of the two of the characters and their relationship throughout the novel. What motivates them? How are they connected? What are their goals? Do their lives have any parallels?

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