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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 schools is Alicia reported to have attended?

2. In which of the following publications does Fife publish reviews and essays?

3. The comment that “we’re only going to shoot your beautiful, brooding bald head” (10) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following is noted as Amanda’s last name?

5. Which of the following serves the Chapmans as a secretary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Vincent described as he is introduced?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is Amy a sympathetic character? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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