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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 accents are the Chapmans described as having?

2. To which of the following does Fife attribute the idea that “there’s no there there” (72)?

3. At which of the following did Fife study as an undergraduate?

4. How old does Sloan note being?

5. At which of the following times is Fife scheduled to leave for Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. After what does Fife pattern his appearance while living with the Chapmans?

2. What distinction does the novel make between immigrants and refugees?

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

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

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

6. What question does Fife decide he will answer for Malcolm?

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

8. What idea does Fife advance in his colonial American literature class, and why is it flawed?

9. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife accepting the Chapmans’ offer?

10. What reasons does Emma give to try to persuade Fife that giving the interview is unwise?

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

Fife comments to Emma that “a countless number of times throughout his live, his reality seems to have been little more than the refracted pressures of his needs. Those are his exact words, carefully chosen, sharply articulated: the refracted pressures of his needs” (115). What might Fife mean by the phrase? How does the novel bear out that meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Foregone on several best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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