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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. Three days before Ron's and Harriet's wedding, where do Neil and Brenda go?
2. What Patimkin family business does Julie tattle to Neil about?
3. What does Neil want to discuss with Brenda?
4. What does Mrs. Patimkin conclude about Neil's religious leaning?
5. What does Neil think about the boy's not returning?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Neil get his hopes up only to be dashed again?
2. What is Neil's mood the fall after Brenda returns to school?
3. What is foreshadowed while Neil is at he house alone while the Patimkins go to the airport for Harriet?
4. What is odd about Neil's and Brenda's love making after she gets the diaphragm?
5. What does Brenda show Neil behind a door in his room he thought was a closet?
6. How does Brenda suggest she make an athlete out of Neil?
7. Describe the domestic scene between Brenda and Neil the following morning.
8. What key event happens in Ron's room?
9. What is strange about Mr. Patimkin's behavior at the wedding reception?
10. Is there something shallow about the discussion of religion between Mrs. Patimkin and Neil? Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Philip Roth imply that Brenda was just like Julie when she was that age? Give specific reasons for your opinion from Brenda's behavior as a young woman.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss in several paragraphs the head librarian's bigotry toward the African-American boy both in terms of racial bigotry and the attitude that boys are all inclined to lewd behavior.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that depicts Brenda as a drama queen who comes to the hotel in New York with a carefully worked out script for breaking off with Neil. The scene will contain props to make her story more believable such as the letters from her parents and the fake wedding band.
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