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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 medications does Fife note taking?

2. In which of the following states does Fife note getting married?

3. Which of the following agrees with Emma that Malcolm should stop pressing Fife to expand on his novel?

4. Which of the following instruments does Fife report Amanda plays?

5. In which of the following does Fife meet Ralph Denis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Fife give for being able to confess?

4. What reasons does Fife note for deciding against the Chapmans’ offer?

5. What advice does Emma have for Malcolm concerning the lucidity of Fife’s narration?

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

7. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife refusing the Chapmans’ offer?

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

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

10. Why does Fife tell Emma he has to confess to her in front of witnesses rather than in private?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following passage: “That’s all, just numbers, [Fife] thinks. What’s the matter with him? He’s not stupid. Be why can’t he read and interpret those numbers and as a result know that the economy is in decent shape, at least for the foreseeable future? Or not. Maybe the stock market is about to tank” (78). Explicate the implications for Fife of the passage.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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).

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