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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 did Robert Lamm die?

2. What does Mitch tell Avery he needs time to do?

3. Who did Dutch Hendrix used to work for?

4. What city does the plane to the Cayman Islands fly from?

5. What is the senior partner studying at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Firm so keen on hiring Mitch?

2. Describe Mitch's meeting with Tammy?

3. What kind of people does the Bendini firm like to hire?

4. Why does the Firm want its employees to start a family?

5. How does DeVasher try to keep Mitch quiet?

6. How does the Firm scare Mitch before they tell him his bar exam results?

7. How does the Firm set Mitch up in this section?

8. Why is Sam Capp so important to the company?

9. How does Ray pass his time in prison?

10. Why does Mitch think Lomax looks like the Marlboro Man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's theme of greed.

1. In what way could Mitch be accused of being one of the novel's greediest characters?

2. How does the theme of greed fit with eighties society?

Essay Topic 3

In what does the story's ending highlight the theme of individualism? What has happened to the characters who have worked more as a collective?

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