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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 does Dr. Kellogg call Vivian in Chapter Six?
2. Who is The Lily's Songwriter?
3. What movie is Arthur Watson known for when he comes to The Lily for the first time?
4. Whose music does Peg tell Benjamin to model the music for their play featuring Edna after?
5. Who does Peg call in Chapter Ten to write a play with a good role for Edna?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter One, what connection does Vivian make for the first time between Grandmother Morris's death and her experience at Vassar?
2. In Chapter Two, who meets Vivian at the train station and what is this person like?
3. In Chapter Seven, what does Vivian write to her mother about when she writes her letters?
4. How does Vivian spend most of her time during her one year at Vassar College?
5. In Chapter One, why do Vivian's parents send her to live with her Aunt Peg in the summer of 1940?
6. How does Vivian describe Celia's feelings about being assaulted in the hotel room in Chapter 7?
7. How did Peg, Edna, and Olive first meet?
8. How did Grandmother Morris treat Vivian as she taught her how to sew?
9. In Chapter Nine, how does Vivian feel when she meets Arthur Watson?
10. How does Celia Ray become Vivian's roommate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does sex mean to, or symbolize, for Vivian throughout various stages of her life as the novel progresses? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How do Frank Grecco and Vivian Morris both suffer from the shame they feel when, at different times in their lives, they have failed to live up to society's expectations about how an ideal man and woman should behave? How does Vivian's earlier disgrace help her console Frank with his shame when he is a much older man? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining how, and when, Vivian finds and nurtures deep, respectful, and fulfilling friendships with women.
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