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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. How long is it before Franny and Lane arrive at the restaurant from the time they got in the cab?
2. How old was Franny when Seymour died?
3. What does Zooey say is his Achilles' heel?
4. When Frannie and Lane get in the cab, Frannie feels what?
5. What does Buddy believe would be Zooey's downfall as an actor?
Short Essay Questions
1. Salinger has Buddy begin the Zooey chapter of the book although Zooey himself will continue the story. Why might Salinger use the character of Buddy when he is not physically there when Franny has her breakdown?
2. What kind of a character is Lane?
3. Zooey is described as being beautiful. Why did Salinger create him that way?
4. What does Bessie's attire say about her character?
5. When the reader first meets Franny, she seems flighty. How so?
6. What are the main topics that Buddy writes to Zooey about?
7. How does Bessie view Les as inept?
8. When Buddy writes of Seymour's suicide, he says that " I can't be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight." What anecdote does he use to explain this and what does Buddy mean by it?
9. When Franny tells Lane that she believes she is going crazy, do you feel that she is serious?
10. What might the reason be for Franny breaking down in the bathroom instead of with the boy she claims to love.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the relationship between Franny and her siblings through the concept of conflict. What conflicts are created? How do those conflicts lead to the complexities of the characters/ How do those conflicts drive the plot. Avoid plot summary in writing a well-organized essay addressing the topic.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the novel. Zooey makes a phone call to Franny. The call is ironic because Zooey pretends to be someone that he is not. The irony culminates the theme of phoniness in the novel. In a well-organized essay, explain how the phone call is ironic and how it culminates the theme of phoniness.
Essay Topic 3
Bessie is a complex character. In a well-organized essay explain how she is such a character and how her character influences the decisions that her children have made. Use quotes and examples. Avoid plot summary.
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