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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. Webb's story telling at breakfast with Robin and Buddy has what effect on Buddy's relationship?
2. What doesn't Buddy want to happen as a result of his relationship with Robin?
3. Buddy used to convince ______ to pose for Bellocq.
4. How does Picket respond to Buddy joking about Nora?
5. How does Bellocq feel about Buddy's disappearance?
Short Essay Questions
1. Is Buddy helpless? How?
2. Can Buddy trust people?
3. How is generational conflict used in Chapter 2?
4. Is Buddy considerate of Jaelin's feelings? How does he approach Jaelin's emotions?
5. While photographing prostitutes, how involved is Bellocq in his work?
6. What is the image of scrambling over barbed wire meant to portray?
7. At the end of Chapter 2, is a new crisis inevitable? Why?
8. What happens to Buddy's view of the women in his life at the end of Chapter 2? Why does this happen?
9. In Chapter 2, how does Buddy act crazy?
10. How does Buddy feel about John Robichaux?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Buddy is often a victim of his own doing. Discuss Buddy's helplessness. What is the cause of this? What role does it play?
Essay Topic 2
Buddy is obsessed with death. Throughout the book, the literal and figurative deaths play a large role in the shaping of characters and the narrative. Discuss the nature of death in "Coming Through Slaughter." What does it mean to Buddy? How does it shape the story? What is significant about death in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Buddy carries on two relationships in "Coming Through Slaughter." Both women are quite different, as are the relationships. However, there are a few circumstantial similarities. Discuss Buddy's relationship with women. How does he see them? How were these relationships toxic to him? How was he toxic to them? What is "romance" in Buddy's life?
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