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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Frank asks Lisa what she is going to say to him as she departs with the children for the dacha, she responds how after a brief pause?

2. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bernov, Frank's new cost accountant, offers ideas that would increase profitability, but that would what?

3. On the night she follows Lisa in the woods away from the dacha, what does Dolly see at every tree when she and Lisa come to a standstill?

4. While Charlie is out with Bernov and Kuriatin in the latter's Wolseley car, Frank receives what at his office?

5. Frank is used to human warmth, from his Russian work contacts and even his servants, but all Dolly gives him is what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What background regarding Nellie does the reader gain in Chapter 3? Where does Frank meet her? Describe her unique personality. How does she approach life? What are examples of this?

Essay Topic 2

Critical in Chapter 12 are the feelings Frank has toward Lisa. How does Penelope Fitzgerald accomplish revealing the state Frank finds himself in? What is the capability Frank has in recognizing and dealing with his instinctive emotions?

Essay Topic 3

Until Chapter 19, the reader is not made aware of the amount of pleasure the warmth of his family's life brings to Frank. How does the author achieve this? How much satisfaction does physical contact provide to Frank? How is it brought out how attune Frank is?

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