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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What artists are represented at Elaine's first art show?
2. What is different about Elaine's sixth grade school?
3. What do the people of Mexico leave for the dead that Elaine muses about?
4. What type of clothes does Elaine wear in college?
5. What movie does Elaine think could have been directed by Josef?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Elaine's feelings toward Cordelia.
1) Why does Elaine always think she sees Cordelia, wherever she goes?
2) How is the reality of meeting Cordelia different from Elaine's fantasies about meeting Cordelia, and why?
3) Does Elaine have a realistic idea of what Cordelia is like? In what ways is Elaine's perception of Cordelia flawed, and in what ways is it accurate?
4) What are Elaine's positive and negative feelings toward Cordelia? Are the two women friends? Have they ever been friends?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the portrayal of men in the book.
1) How are Elaine's lovers, Josef, Jon, and Ben, portrayed in the book? What is Elaine's attitude toward her lovers?
2) How do Elaine's relationships with men differ from her relationships with women? Why is Elaine more comfortable with men than with women?
3) How is Elaine's father portrayed in the book? How is her brother portrayed? How do her relationships with her father and brother affect her relationships with other men?
Essay Topic 3
Elaine thinks about suicide and also tries to kill herself in the novel, just as Cordelia tries to kill herself. Discuss the role of suicide in the novel.
1) How do Elaine's thoughts of suicide when she is a young girl affect her? Where do they come from?
2) Why does Elaine try to kill herself when she's married to Jon? Why does she lie about her suicide attempt?
3) Why does Cordelia try to kill herself? Compare Cordelia's suicide attempt to Elaine's suicide attempt.
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