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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. How does Claude feel about Catherine?
2. Why does Emma return to New York City during the questioning process about her suspected communist activities?
3. What happens when Emma receives occasional phone calls during the night?
4. What does Claude decide to do regarding the intimate relationship that has developed between his mother and Al Johnson?
5. Why does Claude dress in a suit and tie for his first session accompanying Peter Fisk at the Fisk home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Before the performance at Carnegie Hall with Aldo Frescobaldi when Mr. Weisfeld visits Claude in his dressing room, what does Claude's frame of mind show about him?
2. Summarize the pivotal events which occur in Claude's life from the time Mr. Fredericks asks Claude to play at a music festival with him to the time he meets Mr. Larkin, who is on a college scholarship committee.
3. How does the experience with the FBI affect Emma?
4. How is Lady representative of the young people from the higher social classes?
5. What generalization can be made about the Fisk family's approach to fads or trends?
6. How does Claude demonstrate drive and fortitude in his preparation to play with Mr. Fredericks at the music festival?
7. When Claude learns about Mr. Weisfeld's life before he came to the United States, why does Claude feel guilty and irritated with himself?
8. What is Claude's reaction to the growing relationship between his mother and Al Johnson?
9. Why does it bother Claude to play boogie-woogie on the piano at a party given by one of Lady's friends?
10. What does Claude realize about Mr. Weisfeld's feelings for him only after Mr. Weisfeld dies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author create the pace of the story? At what points does the story seem to slow down or speed up? At what points do obvious jumps in time occur? How does the author treat time gaps?
Essay Topic 2
Name a character, other than the main characters, who is important to the story. Why is the character important? Could the story have been written without this character? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Which part of Body and Soul comes alive for you. That is, in which part do you feel that what is happening to the characters is vicariously happening to you? Why? How does the author do this? Are you immediately drawn into the story, or does it take a while? Why? Does the book intrigue, amuse, disturb, alienate, or irritate you? Why?
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