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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 Bobbi tell Frances about Melissa as they leave the dinner at Melissa's house in Chapter 2?
2. Which of the following most closely matches Frances's physical description of herself?
3. In Chapter 5, why does Frances ask the venue manager to move her set to later?
4. In Chapter 4, who goes to Nick's play with Frances?
5. What does Nick do to Frances at the party in Chapter 7 because it is so hot?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Bobbi tell Frances about her first impression of Melissa?
2. Where do Frances and Nick have their first kiss?
3. Why does Frances avoid red wine?
4. In Chapter 2, what does Frances tell Nick about the difference between the way people see her and they way they see Bobbi, and how does Nick react?
5. What does Nick tell Frances in Chapter 9 when she says she does not want to wreck his marriage by having an affair?
6. What happens that leads to Bobbi staying with Frances in Chapter 9?
7. In Chapter 5, whey does Frances ask the venue organizer to push hers and Bobbi's performance to after 10:30?
8. What is one of the things that makes Frances feel sexually powerful in her relationship with Nick?
9. In Chapter 4, What does Frances think of the play she sees Nick perform in, and of Nick's performance itself?
10. What does Frances tell Nick in Chapter 9 about her history regarding men and sex?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Frances's pelvic pain and medical problems in Chapter 18, coupled with the possibility that she may have experienced a miscarriage, change her relationship with and opinion of Nick? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Sally Rooney makes an unusual choice in writing a book with so much dialogue and no quotation marks signaling the dialogue. Write an essay analyzing Rooney's stylistic and structural choices in this novel regarding dialogue.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel, Rooney leads the leader to believe that Frances and Nick may be resuming or rekindling their relationship after having broken it off for some time. Write an essay analyzing Rooney's choice to leave the question of Frances's and Nick's relationship status ambiguous at the novel's end.
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