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

2. What church does Patricia Stokes say Lillian Preston worshipped in?

3. How does the “Eyes on Photography” article characterize Lillian’s photography?

4. How does Samantha characterize herself as a child?

5. For what did Lillian use the money she got from her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does the narrator say Lillian Preston’s photography had on her when she discovered it?

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

4. What does Patricia Stokes say about Lillian’s talent?

5. How does Lillian characterize her friendship with Nina?

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

7. What effect does the trip to Cleveland have on Samantha?

8. How does Samantha react when Lillian tells her that they will be staying with Grete and Kaja permanently?

9. How did Lillian and Samantha end up moving to Brooklyn?

10. How does Samantha characterize Lillian’s living arrangement with Patricia Stokes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the ending of Feast Your Eyes. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

When is Feast Your Eyes most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

Essay Topic 3

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Feast Your Eyes. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Feast Your Eyes.

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