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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 Peg have to do to entice Anthony to stay in City of Girls?
2. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Vivian refer to as the song of her people?
3. What is the name of the character in the lead role in City of Girls?
4. What does Peg apologize to Vivian for in Chapter Twenty?
5. What does Vivian walk in on Peg and Olive doing late one night at The Lily in Chapter Fifteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Billy hire Anthony Roccella without ever even hearing him sing?
2. How does Vivian get home to her parents' house in Chapter Twenty-One?
3. In Chapter Twenty, when does Vivian realize that Olive has saved her reputation from ruin?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter Fifteen, what conclusion does Vivian come to when she tries to figure out what Edna sees in her husband Arthur?
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 does Vivian lie to Jim Larsen about and why does she feel so terrible about this lie?
9. How and when does Vivian become aware that her Aunt Peg is an alcoholic?
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
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 3
When Vivian first arrives in New York as a 19 year-old, she is self-conscious about her lack of sexual experience to the point that her friends arrange for her to lose her virginity with a man they know. Write an essay analyzing Vivian's fixation on sex as a very young woman, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
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