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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. When did the reports of women going incorporeal begin?
2. What confirms to the narrator of "The Resident" that she has arrived at a place from her past?
3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say her talent is?
4. What is Edna’s role at Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
5. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" treat her extra self when she catches it in the basement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator’s relationship like, with her shadow self in "Eight Bites"?
2. How is "The Resident" different from the other stories?
3. In "Eight Bites", What is the narrator’s final meal like?
4. How does the public first learn of the women who are "going incorporeal" in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
5. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?
6. What project does the author plan to work on at Devil’s Mouth?
7. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?
8. What kind of operation does the narrator of "Eight Bites" go in for?
9. What is the narrator’s role in Anele’s project called "the Artists"?
10. What kind of relationship develops between the narrator and Petra in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is happiness possible, in Machado’s terms? Is it even desirable? If happiness is not the most important thing to feel, what would be more important, in Machado’s world? How does Machado show us ways to explore alternatives to happiness?
Essay Topic 2
When is Her Body and Other Parties most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 3
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
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