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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. From which location does Marian first fly a Spitfire?

2. What high school does Ruth report having attended?

3. At which of the following does Jamie look for work?

4. To which store does Cochrane send Marian?

5. Which of the following does Jamie see advertised in Seattle when he first arrives there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What subjects does Marian study in Britain?

2. Hadley watches a documentary about one of Adelaide’s artistic projects; describe the project briefly.

3. What response does Marian give to Ruth’s question about why people in Britain do not cry?

4. How does Marian handle the miner she picks up in McCarthy?

5. What is the initial direction in Hadley’s script?

6. With whom does Marian transit from Montreal to Britain?

7. What reason does Marian give to Barclay for wanting to visit a nightclub?

8. What hinders Jamie’s initial search for work in Seattle?

9. Why is the Spitfire argued to be a feminine plane?

10. What does Marian take with her when she absconds towards an abortion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What overall attitude towards vice does the novel display? How does that attitude emerge?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Great Circle on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Hadley remarks that “We is safer than I when you’re inside it, but it’s a tippy thing, unreliable, ready at any moment to toss you away and leave you exposed as an I after all” (60). Does the novel substantiate the remark? How or how not?

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