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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 does Samantha characterize Lillian’s appearance later in her pregnancy?

2. How much money did Lillian have to raise to pay for the abortion?

3. How regularly did Lillian take self-portraits after 18 weeks?

4. Where did Grete take Kaja and Samantha to get them out of the house while Lillian was feeling ill after the abortion?

5. What choice did Lillian Preston give her daughter in regard to the photos in the Samantha series?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Goldberg characterize Kenny Lowell?

2. Who is the narrator of the introduction of Feast Your Eyes, and what is her relation to Lillian Preston?

3. What is the relation between the photos and the narrative Samantha creates around them?

4. What was Lillian Preston’s relation with Patricia Stokes?

5. What did Lillian find attractive about her pills, and what effect did they have on her?

6. How did Lillian reveal that she was pregnant, and how did she handle it?

7. How does Lillian characterize her attempt to get an abortion?

8. What does Samantha say Item #41, Batter, meant for Kenneth and her mother?

9. How did the narrator of the introduction meet Lillian Preston’s daughter Samantha?

10. How does the novel characterize Lillian Preston’s relationship with her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Feast Your Eyes tell us about the relationship between mothers and daughters? Is the relationship between Lillian and Samantha successful? How would you define success for that relationship?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of men in Feast Your Eyes? How are the presented? What values do they hold, in concert or in distinction to or in opposition to the values the main women characters hold? How do men and women work together in Feast Your Eyes? How are they opposed? How are any oppositions resolved?

Essay Topic 3

How do you interpret the questions that surround the obscenity of the Samantha series? How does the novel represent the images? Who entertains which different views of the Samantha series? What questions do the images raise? How does the novel arrive at its verdict about their artistic value versus their obscenity?

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