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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 does Celestial call out when she tries to stop Roy and Andre from fighting in Part Three: "Generosity"?
2. What does Big Roy make for breakfast on the day that Roy is leaving to go to Atlanta in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
3. What bar did Celestial and Andre go to after Olive's funeral?
4. What novel by James Baldwin did Roy's French teacher give him?
5. About how many hours straight does Roy describe spending with Davina after he went to her home for dinner the first time in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Celestial describe praying for in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
2. What does Celestial mean when she says that "Much of life is timing and circumstance" (138)?
3. How does Roy know Davina Hardrick? How do they meet again?
4. What does Roy note about the first page of his family's Bible?
5. What do the salmon croquettes represent symbolically in the novel?
6. What does Andre learn upon arriving at Big Roy's house? How does he respond to this news?
7. What is Davina's home like? What does she cook Roy for dinner?
8. What is the significance of the title of Part Three: "Generosity"?
9. What happens in the climax of the novel?
10. What is Roy's attitude when he first encounters Celestial in Atlanta in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing in An American Marriage. From the first pages of this novel, the reader becomes aware that there will be a setback to the happy marriage of Roy and Celestial. What clues indicate the events that will happen? How do these events play out?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the symbolism of Old Hickey in the novel. What does the tree represent to Celestial? What does it represent to Andre? Why does Roy attempt to destroy the tree?
Essay Topic 3
Outline and discuss the plot structure of An American Marriage. Where in the novel do the following occur: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement? How does the novel progress chronologically? Does the author make use of flashbacks or flash-forwards?
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