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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. Which of the following times does Fife report his flight from Richmond to Washington actually taking?

2. Which of the following is Alicia’s trust officer?

3. Which of the following is the subject of Fife’s doctoral dissertaton?

4. At which of the following has Fife accepted an academic position?

5. Which of the following does Fife note as an earlier name of Plymouth Bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who, per Fife, is Howard Levy, and why is he imprisoned?

2. Where does Fife sit on his flight to Boston, and why?

3. What reason does Fife note Emma has for sleeping in a separate bedroom from him?

4. How does Amanda surprise Fife when she returns to her living room before their first assignation?

5. How is Vincent described as he is introduced?

6. What reasons do the Chapmans give for offering Fife a business position?

7. What objection do the Chapmans initially raise to Fife’s son’s name?

8. What reasons does Fife give for appreciating the sounds of jet engines from inside the plane?

9. How does Fife describe Malcolm’s cinematic standing?

10. What reason does Fife give to Amy for not having previously told her about his past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, there is a dearth of quotation marks used to indicate what words are speech. What is typically used, instead, and how? What effect does the difference have on the reading? How does the effect manifest?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the implications of the comment, “It’s like trying to tie a novel to the author’s real life, he says. You can’t do it” (106).

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are given full names; others are given only one name, or none. What is signified by the relative number of names, and how is the significance presented?

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