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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. What romantic gesture does H make toward George for the first time on her third visit to George's house?
2. What sort of seating is provided within the room at the museum where Francesco's painting is hung?
3. In what country does George live?
4. Which character redefines the word "mystery" for George, describing it as originally having meant "a closing" (184)?
5. George's mother had been what kind of a subversive character prior to her death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss an instance when Smith injects humor into a memory George has of her late mother.
2. Explain the revelation that is finally made about the source of George's incessant feelings of "guilt and fury" (210) that result in repetitive thoughts.
3. What had been George's family's New Year's Eve ritual and which members of the family had participated?
4. What does the shopping cart within the narrative represent in the scene at "the car park" (231)?
5. What two contradictory terms does George use to describe the atmosphere of the Italian town called Ferrara that she had visited with her mother and brother Henry?
6. What piece of information did George's mother forget during their time in Italy and why did this event upset George?
7. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?
8. Discuss a metaphor Smith uses to indicate George's concern that she may be unable to love.
9. What is the significance of the record album entitled Tell Laura I Love Her?
10. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of H's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Smith in depicting H and include in your discussion the reasons that Smith portrays H in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the theme of family bonds within How to Be Both. What is Smith’s message regarding family and how do you know?
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Smith in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of How to Be Both. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Smith’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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