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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 is the subject of Fife’s doctoral dissertaton?

2. From which of the following groups does Renée hail?

3. Which of the following medications does Fife note taking?

4. The comment that “She says it with the authority of a grade-school teacher” (5) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following companies do the Chapmans own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Fife give for wanting to escape life with Amy in Boston?

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

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

6. How is the weather on the day of the interview described?

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

8. What reasons does Fife note for feeling sorry for Diana?

9. What reasons does Fife give for having married Amy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fife asks “Why are women more honest than men?” and refers to Sloan and to the women he has loved as examples (38). Does the novel bear out the underlying assumption that women are more honest than men? How or how not?

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

Is Amy a sympathetic character? How or how not?

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