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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 was 100 years old in 1984?

2. Where does Ray say Vince has just come from?

3. Which of the characters defends Amy?

4. What color hair does the nurse have?

5. What did Ray's father die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ray's life like after the war?

2. How did Ray get his nickname of Lucky?

3. What does Ray talk to the bartender about?

4. What does Ray think about his and his friends health?

5. How did Vince change after coming back from the army?

6. What big news did Susie tell Ray?

7. What does Vic say about his profession in this section?

8. What happened between Ray and Carol when Susie left?

9. Who do the friends toast in the pub?

10. What does Vince say he hated his father for doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare American and British culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Swift is said to have used Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as his model for Last Orders. Compare As I Lay Dying to the novel. What comparisons can be drawn between Last Orders and the As I Lay Dying? Why did Swift choose Faulkner's book as his model for Last Orders?

Essay Topic 3

In 2001, Fred Schepisi directed a film version of Last Orders, starring Michael Caine. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant six years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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