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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 gemstone is featured on the wedding ring that Roy gave Celestial?
2. By what nickname does Roy refer to Celestial in his letters?
3. In her first letter to Roy in Part One: "Bridge Music," Celestial says that they said he cannot receive mail for at least how long?
4. What name does Roy say he would like to name a child--son or daughter--in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
5. After how long in prison is Roy's case finally overturned?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Roy write to inform Celestial five years after he has been incarcerated?
2. How does Celestial respond to Andre's proposal?
3. Where did Roy study? What career does he set out on after college?
4. What does Celestial and Roy's unborn child represent symbolically?
5. How does Andre justify his relationship with Celestial in his first monologue in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
6. What did Roy reveal to Celestial at the Piney Woods? How did she respond?
7. Who is Sylvia? What role does she play in the narrative in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
8. Where is Roy from? How is this setting described?
9. Why does Roy write to "Mr. D" in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
10. What happened on Roy and Celestial's first anniversary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Gloria and Olive in the novel. How are these mothers in the story similar? How are they different? Which character is the most empathetic? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Roy in An American Marriage. How old is Roy? Where is he from? Where did he attend college? What career did he enter into? What led to Roy's arrest? How does the arrest change Roy's life?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative style of An American Marriage. Who are the narrators of this novel? Why is it important that these characters narrate the story? How would this story differ if it had been related from the perspective of a non-involved, third-person narrator?
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