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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. How long after they meet does it take the man who becomes Vivian's fiancee to start kissing her?
2. Where does Billy end up taking City of Girls?
3. Who does Billy Buell hire for the lead male role in City of Girls?
4. What does Vivian do on her first date with the man who becomes her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two?
5. How does Vivian's brother Walter feel about Anthony Roccella?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Anthony Roccella different from any man Vivian has ever met before?
2. On the way back to New York in Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Peg tell Vivian about sin and contrition?
3. In Chapter Sixteen, what are the initial reviews of City of Girls like?
4. What does Peg tell Vivian about how she feels about the fact that Olive was the one to take Vivian to The Stork to talk to Walter Winchell?
5. How does Vivian get home to her parents' house in Chapter Twenty-One?
6. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian refer to as the "song of my people?"
7. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Peg tell Vivian has happened to the play City of Girls that shocks Vivian?
8. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what is Vivian's impression of Jim Larsen's decision to call off their engagement after deciding to enlist in the army?
9. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Billy tell Vivian to look for in the lobby during intermission among the theater goers as a sign they like the play?
10. In Chapter Fifteen, what transpires between Peg and Olive that greatly hurts Olive and causes a scene in front of the whole company at The Lily?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the role that jealousy plays throughout Vivian's life. What decisions does jealousy drive her to make? Are there ever any positive consequences to Vivian's feelings of jealousy?
Essay Topic 2
"Anyway, at some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is" (377). At what stage in Vivian's life does she come to the above realization, and really become comfortable with the core of who she is?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Gilbert develops the theme of "chosen family" of friends and acquaintances through Vivian's post-WWII experiences in New York City.
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