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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. As which of the following genres does Fife describe the narrative he gives on camera?

2. Which of the following is quoted in Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

3. Which of the following does Fife smell on Sloan’s breath?

4. Which of the following cars does Nick Dafina note having driven on the teenaged road trip with Fife?

5. Which of the following is the subject of Fife’s work on priestly misconduct?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Nick Dafina’s military plans?

2. What features of Boston does Fife recognize as his plane from Washington arrives in that city?

3. What does Fife note is his common public image?

4. What does Fife note as a primary Sunday occupation in St. Petersburg?

5. What items does Fife note having in his briefcase in Boston after being separated from his luggage?

6. What does Fife muse that Renée does for him?

7. How does Fife define innocence?

8. How does Fife describe Amy’s reaction to Boston?

9. What comments are made regarding Fife’s dormitory room in his first collegiate attempt?

10. How is Stanley described when Fife arrives at his home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the progress of the Chapman family’s attitude towards Fife.

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

Consider the following passage:

But after these ten years away, it can’t be all that painful now, [Fife] assures himself. He’s no longer afraid of the shame that he once associated with the mere mention of the name of the place. He’s a different person now. People change. What harm can come to his new life by setting that town alongside it? Even if the town is altogether unchanged, which he doubts, it won’t threaten his hard-won balance and momentum. Not anymore. He’s a different person now. They are no longer in conflict, Fife and his hometown, Fife’s present and his shameful past (124).

Does the novel bear out the assertion of the passage? How or how not?

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