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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. Who finally is able to approach Sylvia?

2. How does Peter react to his dinner dates playful action?

3. What did Eric's father tell Jamie to quit doing in Eric's memory?

4. In The Man Child, what did Eric's father tell him he will inherit?

5. How does Gabriel react to John's snide comment?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Outing, why does Gabriel get angry and feel powerless?

2. What happens to Eric at the end of The Man Child?

3. Describe Peter in Previous Condition.

4. What does Roy tell John he's going to do one day?

5. Describe what Previous Condition is about.

6. Who is Sylvia?

7. What do Peter's friends suggest he fight in Previous Condition?

8. Describe who Jamie is.

9. What does Elizabeth instruct John to do at the end of The Rockpile?

10. Why will Jamie never have children, according to Eric's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and explain how the narrator's emphasis on his sister's heritage of the American south from This Morning, This Evening, So Soon foreshadows the narrator's contempt and disdain for the country.

Essay Topic 2

Considering The Outing, discuss what Baldwin suggests about homosexuality and religious purity.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sonny's association of drug use to better artistic performance in Sonny's Blues and how this idea is a generally accepted and viewed opinion by considering other famous artists.

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