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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. How much money does Clyde make on his first task at the hotel?
(a) 50 cent
(b) 10 cent
(c) 75 cent
(d) 35 cent

2. Who does Clyde's mother say is back in town?
(a) Mr. Rubenstein
(b) Esta
(c) Her father
(d) Her ex-husband

3. Whose house is the Now and Then dance held at?
(a) Roberta's
(b) Jill Trumbull's
(c) Bella Griffith's
(d) Sondra Finchley's

4. Where does Sparser flip the car?
(a) On the street
(b) On a construction site
(c) In someone's garden
(d) On a highway

5. Where do Roberta and Clyde plan to meet?
(a) Fonda
(b) Coppola
(c) Fields
(d) Redford

Short Answer Questions

1. Which girl at Ratterer's house does Clyde take a liking to?

2. What kind of shop does Short own?

3. What room is Clyde asked to supervise?

4. What activity does the religious community frown upon?

5. What is the name of Roberta's new landlady?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the landscape play an important part in chapter 29, book 1?

2. How does Dreiser use the crime to show the American class structure?

3. How do social mores and class structure hold Clyde back?

4. Why does Heit get in contact with Orville Mason?

5. What information does Clyde give the authorities?

6. How do the Samuel Griffith family react to Clyde's popularity?

7. What two taboos does Dreiser address in book 2, chapter 37?

8. Why does Mason ask for a special session of the grand jury?

9. Describe the death house.

10. How does Clyde's life change when he finds the job at the hotel?

(see the answer keys)

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