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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 Luanne call Lotto during a party in Chapter 3 of Fates?

2. What was Jelly Roll's name?

3. When does Lotto write "Ship of Fools"?

4. Who is the female lead in "Ship of Fools"?

5. During the symposium in Chapter 7 of Fates, how old is the girl prodigy who is one of the playwrights?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lotto gone so long when he goes to fetch milk at the grocery store in "Eschatology"?

2. In "Ship of Fools," what has happened to the world?

3. What does Ladybird think about Olivia in the play Lotto writes in 2003?

4. Where is "The House in the Grove" set and who are the characters in Act II, Scene I?

5. Who was Leo Sen and what happened to him?

6. What does Lotto feel when Mathilde tells him he can be a playwright?

7. What happens to Lancelot as he leaves a plane at the beginning of Chapter 5?

8. What does Mathilde suggest that Lotto do two weeks after his accident?

9. Why were Lotto's comments at the symposium just a small bit of news that doesn't last long?

10. Who does Rachel marry in 2006 and how long does her marriage last?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Someone called Lotto a misogynist. Explain whether Lotto was a misogynist based upon things he does and things that happen in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Antoinette and Mathilde will have nothing to do with one another. Why won't the two women be friends for Lotto's sake and how do the women's feelings about one another affect Mathilde and Lotto's marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Mathilde never had children. Why was Mathilde so against having children? What did she fear?

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