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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. With whom does the narrator ride the train to work?
2. What river is the narrator gazing across?
3. Why is Amanda embarrassed for the narrator to meet her mother, Dolly?
4. Where was her first overseas modeling trip?
5. What kind of cigarettes does Dolly smoke?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator feel he is so different from the Hasidic Jews he encounters on the train?
2. How is the narrator out of place in the sports bar?
3. Why is the narrator conflicted when he learns the French piece has already gone to the typesetters?
4. Why does the narrator strike up a conversation with Marianne, the archivist?
5. Why does Tad Allagash continually make up of stories of Amanda's death?
6. To what does the narrator attribute his need to belong and feel desired?
7. Are Vicky and the narrator truly fond of Tad?
8. Though Vicky seems an appropriate person for the narrator and makes him happy, what ill affect does the exhilaration of their date have on the narrator?
9. To whom is the narrator speaking at the beginning of the story?
10. Why does the narrator have trouble being in his apartment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do a character analysis of Megan Avery. Include:
1) Her family background.
2) Her medical history.
3) Her inclination toward the narrator.
4) Her dinner with the narrator.
How do all of these things add up? Why is she intent on taking the narrator under her wing?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator constantly forgets about Megan--her soda, her bagel, and their lunch date.
1) Why do you think she slips through the cracks of his memory? Does his absentmindedness seem to bother her?
2) Examine the narrator's breakdown after he forgets her bagel. What excuse does he give her? What internal struggle is he having?
3) What are Megan's motives for inviting him over for dinner? Why is she so kind to him?
Essay Topic 3
Each chapter of the book has a distinct, often witty and ironic, title. Choose three titles and discuss their relevance to the chapter of the book. Be sure to use quotations, as the chapter's title is often repeated in different instances in the chapter. Take into account the novel's title--how is the theme "Bright Lights, Big City" repeated throughout the novel?
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