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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of college does Lady attend?

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

3. How does Lord Lightning feel when Claude asks to meet him at the Castle Jazz Club?

4. What does Claude learn when he returns a call from Otto Levits?

5. Where does Claude meet Lady?

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

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 3

At what two or three points in the story is the tension highest? Lowest? How does the author create the highest and lowest degrees of tension? Are the situations which involve tension appropriate to the plot structure? Why or why not? Does Body and Soul as a whole seem high- or low-tension? Why or why not?

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