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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 do the "little questions" (26) the narrator begins to ask himself begin to do to him, as described in the text?
2. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
3. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
4. Why does the narrator think he could not let himself fall completely in love with his lover?
5. What does the narrator do to try to numb the feelings after his affair?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe what happens when you look at the pain as if "in an open box, in a window somewhere" (29)?
2. What did the narrator's lover give him before he left? Describe it.
3. Describe the first bad time the speaker recalls having with his lover.
4. How does the narrator say he was beginning to feel when he was getting ready to say goodbye?
5. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?
6. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?
7. The narrator says sometimes he feels like a prince or a king. What contrasting emotion does he feel?
8. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?
9. How long after the affair does the narrator think his time thinking of her is reduced to about and hour or two a day?
10. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Davis of "Break it Down." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
The author offers very few details about each character. However, based on what is included, write an essay exploring the narrator. Who is he? What might he do for work? Where does he live? What is his backstory?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring Davis's decision to write a story in which the main action is in the past and only revealed through the narrator's reflection. How does this impact the reading? What might this say about the themes of the story? Do you agree with the author's choice?
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