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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. Who came to see Mathilde graduate from college?

2. How many men had Mathilde made love to before Lotto?

3. How many colleges did Mathilde apply to?

4. What did Antoinette offer at first to Mathilde to get her marriage to Lotto annulled?

5. In Chapter 1 of Furies, who stops Mathilde on a street in Boston and speaks to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mathilde feel about all the people who attend Lotto's funeral?

2. Did Mathilde ever lie to Lotto?

3. What did Mathilde do to make Lotto's life easier when he was alive?

4. Why did Mathilde hire a private investigator?

5. Why did Mathilde quit working for Ariel in Chapter 16 of Furies?

6. Why did Sallie leave in Chapter 5 of Furies, where did she go, and when did she plan to return?

7. Why didn't Mathilde ever have children?

8. How did Mathilde's little brother die?

9. Why did Mathilde get rid of the dog and how did she get rid of him?

10. How did Mathilde meet Ariel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lotto is a member of a symposium to discuss the future of theater. Why did Lotto's remarks alienate the audience and his wife?

Essay Topic 2

Lotto dies. How does Mathilde deal with her grief and why does her grief consume her to the point where she struggles with everyday life?

Essay Topic 3

Mathilde arranged for Lotto's first play to be financed by her Uncle. How did Mathilde contribute to Lotto's success, and would he have been as successful without her?

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