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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What nationality is Kathryn?
(a) Irish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.
2. What does Gene spend his time doing now?
(a) Standing across from Christine's house.
(b) Learning to speak French.
(c) Writing.
(d) Sleeping all the time.
3. What is Gene's last name?
(a) Pasternak.
(b) Paulson.
(c) Preston.
(d) Pearson.
4. What announcement does Stofsky make to Paul one day?
(a) He is going to Europe.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He has quit therapy.
(d) He got a new job.
5. Waters raves that time is a/an __________________.
(a) illusion.
(b) despot.
(c) mistress.
(d) thief.
Short Answer Questions
1. What literary device does the author use when describing the sight of the big man beating up the little man over a woman outside a bar?
2. What is the setting of GO?
3. What branch of the service did Paul serve in during World War II?
4. Where does Paul's wife work?
5. Each of the characters is searching for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the conversation regarding infidelity reveal about Paul and Kathryn's marriage?
2. Who is Christine and why is she in contrast to the other characters?
3. Why do the characters at the party revel in the excitement of it?
4. Why are Jack Waters' Existential thoughts not taken seriously?
5. What is an example of how the post-war search for meaning is taking on toll on people?
6. What does Chapter 2 reveal about Paul and Kathryn's marriage and the strain that Paul's hopeful writing career places on it?
7. Why is it not out of place for someone like Stofsky to talk about psychological issues during this time period?
8. How are Paul and Kathryn at odds regarding their different emotional needs?
9. How does the author show that Kathryn is more mature than Paul?
10. What are some of the ways in which Stofsky searches for meaning in his life?
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