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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 female did Jiyoung befriend in her study group junior year?

2. What did Jiyoung’s college boyfriend do after his sophomore year?

3. Who is meeting for the first time at the beginning of “Marriage”?

4. Prior to conceiving, what decision did Daehyun and Jiyoung make regarding who would care for their child?

5. What did Jiyoung hear a former alum was told my a department head regarding why she was not on a list of eligible candidates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one of the reasons Daehyun had more savings than Jiyoung when they first married?

2. Where did Jiyoung receive her first job offer?

3. What conversation regarding housekeeping did Jiyoung’s mother and future mother-in-law have during their first meeting?

4. What did Kim Eunsil say she noticed all new female employees tended to do and told Jiyoung that she did not have to do?

5. Why was it ultimately decided that Jiyoung would leave her work after they had a child rather than return or take maternity leave?

6. How are girls treated differently than boys in Jiyoung’s college hiking club?

7. What did Jiyoung learn while out for drinks with colleagues that weekend her “drive and faith” (112) when it came to her work?

8. What did people say after Jiyoung’s ex-boyfriend was found passed out drunk outside the porridge shop?

9. Why did Kim Eunsil think she may have set a bad precedent for other female employees in the company?

10. What did Jiyoung’s father brag about when he came home after drinking with his former colleagues one night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Jiyoung’s relationship with her husband. Use examples from the text to show how their relationship develops over time and how it represents the themes of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the ways a lifetime of systemic misogyny impacts the female psyche.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jiyoung’s family with that of her husband’s. Use direct examples from the text to support your comparison.

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