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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. How many boxes did Lillian Preston leave behind when she died?
2. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s expression in her self-portrait at nine weeks?
3. Where did Kaja’s father live, that she would visit him every weekend?
4. At the Ipslinger Gallery, Lillian exhibits with a man who is known as the Ansel Adams of what kind of photography?
5. What is the Ro-ro?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the novel characterize Lillian Preston’s relationship with her parents?
2. How did Lillian and Samantha end up moving to Brooklyn?
3. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s living arrangement with Patricia Stokes?
4. How is Samantha’s father characterized in the novel?
5. What was Lillian Preston’s relation with Patricia Stokes?
6. How does Goldberg characterize Kenny Lowell?
7. How does Samantha characterize her reaction to her mother exhibiting photos that show her nude?
8. What does Patricia Stokes say about Lillian’s talent?
9. How did Lillian become friends with Nina Pagano?
10. What effect does the trip to Cleveland have on Samantha?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of photography in Feast Your Eyes? What effect does it have on the characters who practice it? What does it offer them? What does it demand? How is it similar to or different from other forms of art in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about Myla Goldberg, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of Feast Your Eyes—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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