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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Claude upset after he plays the piano for Lady's friends?

2. Who tries to calm Claude when he demands information from his mother about his father?

3. Where is Emma when Claude leaves Mr. Weisfeld's apartment to go to London?

4. Where does Claude first meet Reggie Phillips?

5. Why does Mr. Weisfeld visit Claude in his dressing room before the second concert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Is the era in which Body and Soul takes place described authentically in the novel? How? Give examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Choose three events from the story which would be most unlikely to occur in real life. Give examples from the story to show how the realistic possibility of these events is achieved in the story.

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