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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 a frigid woman wear in the story "Difficult Women"?
2. What do the twins in ""The Mark of Cain" do for a living?
3. Why does Carolina really want Savvie to come out of town to Reno with her?
4. What university does Sarah attend?
5. Where does a frigid woman go at night in the story "Difficult Women"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story "Difficult Women," what is it about death that makes girls more interesting?
2. What event eventually brings Kate and Magnus back together?
3. How does Tricia judge the clients she cleans houses for in the story "Florida"?
4. Why does Magnus get angry with Kate and ignore her calls for weeks?
5. When does the narrator begin to think that Cassie, Jacob's girlfriend, may be smarter than she seems?
6. Why does Bianca agree to go out with Dean and initially start a relationship with him?
7. What traumatic event did Kate experience with her long-term partner before meeting Magnus?
8. What shocking realization does the narrator come to at the end of "The Mark of Cain"?
9. What is the basis of Carolina's and Savvie's strong bond in "I Will Follow You"?
10. In "Difficult Women," what does Gay say a loose woman sees in the mirror and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the metaphors Gay uses in the story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" to explain the desperation and subjugation of the working classes. Cite specific references from the text in your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how Gay uses specific, memorable details and imagery in the story "Noble Things" to convey the character Parker Coles Johnson VI's deep sense of loss and foreboding in the newly seceded South.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing why the stone-thrower's wife, the unnamed glass woman, decides not to confront the stone-thrower about his ongoing affair with his mistress. Cite specific references from the story to support your answer.
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