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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 is the photo called Mommy is Sick a picture of?

3. What is Grete’s ethnicity?

4. How did Samantha respond to Lillian’s news that they were going to move out of Ken’s house?

5. How did Samantha’s reaction to Lillian’s news that they would be leaving Ken end?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led Lillian to take Samantha and leave the house where they had lived with Ken?

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

4. How did Lillian document her pregnancy?

5. How did Lillian’s breakup with Ken affect Samantha?

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

7. How is Samantha’s father characterized in the novel?

8. How does Lillian characterize her friendship with Nina?

9. How did Lillian become friends with Nina Pagano?

10. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Ro-ro camera?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the quality that makes it hard for Lillian’s parents to support her work? What would they prefer her to do? Do they treat her fairly? How does Lillian transform her relationship with her parents over time?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the novel—which is presented as an exhibition catalog—as a capstone in the relationship between Lillian and Samantha. How does the catalog resolve tensions between them? What remains unresolved? What would it take to resolve what is left open?

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