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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. Why does the narrator say he felt he had to tell his lover that he loved her?
2. What did the narrator see as he walked way from the room for the last time?
3. What does the narrator say he sometimes feels like when he thinks of his affair?
4. How does the narrator describe the way his lover responded when he told her he loved her?
5. What were the narrator and his lover doing when he first told her he loved her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator say he was beginning to feel when he was getting ready to say goodbye?
2. What types of things does the narrator say bring back to the memory of his lover just as he thinks he is over the pain?
3. The narrator says he may have only been half falling in love. Why?
4. What does the narrator do to try to numb the "large heavy pain" (26) he is left with once the pictures fade?
5. What does the narrator see as he walks away from his lover at the end of their trip?
6. In the final paragraph, what does the narrator question regarding his affair?
7. After adding up the time spent thinking of his lover after the affair has ended, how much does the narrator calculate he has spent?
8. What was the second bad time the narrator says he and his lover had?
9. The narrator says he would do it again. Why? Was the pleasure greater than the pain?
10. In what way is the pain from the affair worse than the pleasure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring how the story would change if written from the lover's point of view. What information might be gained or lost? How might the story's themes change?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of pain as revealed in "Break it Down."
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the narrator's goals and motives. What are they? Does he achieve them? Are they the same or different from his lover's goals and motives? How do you know?
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