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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 the note the narrator finds in F.'s fireworks instruct him to do?
2. What happens to the room as Catherine disrupts the French banquet?
3. What does the priest tell Catherine in Chapter 37 of "A History of Them All"?
4. Where are F. and the narrator driving to in the car scene?
5. Where do Edith and F. play the game F. tells the narrator about in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from the reading that depresses him?
2. What does the narrator burn himself with repeatedly in Chapter 24 of "A History of Them All"? Why is it significant?
3. How is Chapter 10 in "The History of Them All" a symbol of how the narrator is becoming more like F.?
4. What happens at the French banquet that Catherine attends in Chapter 42 of "The History of Them All"?
5. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.
6. What does F. buy in Chapter 14 of "The History of Them All"?
7. What has happened to the condition of the narrator by Chapter 25 in "The History of Them All"?
8. What was the purpose of the note that F. left the narrator in Chapter 30 of "The History of Them All"?
9. What happened to the narrator at school when he was a child?
10. The novel was written in the 1960s. How do the contents of the novel relate to that time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the relationship of Catherine and her uncle contribute to the overall theme of sexuality of the novel Beautiful Losers?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the scene where the narrator finds Edith's holy water and when the narrator finds out about the emotional intimacy Edith and F. share.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the character F. and his relationship to the narrator. What motivates or drives F.?
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