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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. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?
2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on her steps one morning?
3. What is the narrator’s daughter’s feeling about the procedure, in "Eight Bites"?
4. Who unpacks the narrator’s car, of "The Resident"?
5. What does the narrator get in her mouth when Petra kisses her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator’s relationship like, with her shadow self in "Eight Bites"?
2. in "The Resident," what is the "Brownie song," and what role does it play in the story?
3. How is "The Resident" different from the other stories?
4. Why do the narrator of "Eight Bites" and her sisters want this operation?
5. What is the significance of the name of the location where C——‘s residency takes place in "The Resident"?
6. In "The Resident," what does The Painter say that the narrator feels she has heard before?
7. In "The Resident," what are the other artists like, at the residency?
8. What is the irony the narrator of "Eight Bites"notices about Dr. U?
9. How does Petra’s increasing incorporeality affect her relationship with the narrator?
10. What is the narrator’s health like, in "The Resident," and how does it affect the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the role of men in Her Body and Other Parties? How does Machado describe masculinity and the role men play in women’s lives?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate the proposition that Her Body and Other Parties is obscene and should be censored for high school students.
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