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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. The comment that Joan Baez “was like their Joan of Arc riding up on her white horse to inspire them and validate their plight” (130-31) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following are reportedly visible from Stanley’s home?

3. Which of the following does Fife note was his hourly pay in his hometown?

4. Which of the following are reportedly visible from Stanley’s home?

5. Which of the following jobs does Fife note working in St. Petersburg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fife define innocence?

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

3. What does Fife muse that the film crew will gain from their project?

4. What apprehension does Fife face as he parks in front of a pharmacy in his hometown?

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

6. How does Fife differentiate biography from autobiography or interview?

7. How does Fife explain his teenaged road trip with Nick Dafina as “clean and honorable” (188-89)?

8. What reasons does Fife give Alicia that his marriage to Amy was wrong?

9. What are Nick Dafina’s military plans?

10. What causes Fife to come to a sudden stop as he drives out of Boston?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following: “Fife asks Sloan if she can imagine believing […] that she’s already ruined her life. He means destroyed her future, shut off all possibilities of ever realizing the American dream, or the Canadian dream, although he doesn’t think there actually is a Canadian Dream” (57). Does the novel bear out the last assertion, that there is no Canadian dream? 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

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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