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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. Where is the party Sondra invites Clyde to go to?
(a) Charlotte
(b) Schenectady
(c) Arizona
(d) Fargo

2. Which of the Griffith's does Clyde fail to make an impression on?
(a) Samuel
(b) Jane
(c) Gilbert
(d) Asa

3. Where does the Griffith family want to set up its next mission?
(a) Phoenix
(b) Detroit
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Denver

4. Where does Ratterer tell Clyde he is from?
(a) Hollywood
(b) Phoenix
(c) Cleveland
(d) Columbia

5. Who does Clyde become infatuated with at the Griffith's party?
(a) Jane Philips
(b) Sondra Finchley
(c) Bertine Cranston
(d) Bella Griffith

Short Answer Questions

1. Who clings to Roberta and makes Clyde and Roberta's relationship difficult?

2. Who does Roberta's behavior remind Clyde of?

3. Where is Hortense cut?

4. Why does Clyde not see Roberta on Christmas day?

5. How much money does Clyde's mother ask him to help her raise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Samuel Griffith family refuse Clyde's insanity plea?

2. How does Clyde's legal team begin their defense?

3. What do you think drives Clyde to pursue Sondra and ignore Roberta?

4. What impression does Clyde give to the onlookers?

5. What evidence does bring to the court in his opening statement?

6. What information does Clyde give the authorities?

7. Describe Roberta and Clyde's day out in chapter 18, book 2.

8. What does Clyde hope to achieve in his new position?

9. How does Dreiser show Clyde and Roberta's fragmented thoughts?

10. In what way does poverty benefit the prosecutions case?

(see the answer keys)

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