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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 kind of student is Claude in school?
2. What adjective describes Claude's feelings when he learns that Catherine has eloped?
3. Where is the home of the maestro who allows Claude to practice on his grand piano?
4. What organization suspects Emma of communist activities?
5. Who tells Claude that Catherine has eloped?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What do we learn about Emma from her involvement with the secret customers she transports in the middle of the night?
3. Why is Claude confused by Mr. Powers' reaction to Claude's choice of career?
4. When Claude learns about Mr. Weisfeld's life before he came to the United States, why does Claude feel guilty and irritated with himself?
5. Compare the effect Claude's piano playing has on him with the effect Emma's letter-writing on the typewriter has on her.
6. Regarding the music store, how does Claude show his love for Mr. Weisfeld after Mr. Weisfeld's death?
7. Why does Lady respond the way she does to Claude's single-minded focus on preparing for the concert with Aldo Frescobaldi?
8. Why does Mr. Weisfeld send Claude to various piano instructors?
9. When Mr. Weisfeld, Mr. Levits, Claude, and Emma meet in Mr. Larkin's office, what plans emerge regarding Claude's musical career?
10. Contrast Peter Fisk's feeling for music with Claude's feeling for music.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the author's writing style and point of view connected in Body and Soul? Give examples from the story to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Several components of quality literature include: 1) use of descriptive words 2) use of analogies, metaphors, and similes, and other figurative language 3) an attention-grabbing beginning 4) details 5) appealing to the five senses. Is Body and Soul an example of quality literature? Why or why not? Give examples from the story using three of the five components of quality literature to explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Determine what you think is the primary theme of this book, and why. Be sure to use specific examples from the book as evidence to support your answer.
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