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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. In August, Nordstrom and Sonia move to the house he has rented where?

2. Nordstrom sits at the head of the table and converses with everyone while Sonia's friends do what?

3. How does Nordstrom warm to the sorority and fraternity crowd?

4. To what does Laura dance?

5. Who finds Cochran?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Nordstrom and Laura end up married?

2. How doe Tibey and Cochran reconcile?

3. How does Nordstrom's sexual potency return?

4. What does Tibey do to try to make amends?

5. How do Nordstrom and Laura meet?

6. What happens when Sonia's friends realize that her father is not just the cook?

7. What happens when Cochran is dying?

8. What does Cochran do while he recuperates?

9. What happens to Cochran and Miryea at the cabin?

10. For what does Cochran prepare? How does this hurt him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nordstrom's encounters with Berto and Slats are significant.

Part 1) Describe the encounters. How does Nordstrom handle these situations?

Part 2) What do these encounters reveal about him?

Part 3) How do these encounters change Nordstrom's life? How do the events prior to these encounters influence his behavior during these encounters?

Essay Topic 2

Tristan retreats to the sea.

Part 1) Why does he retreat to the sea? How is the sea symbolic?

Part 2) How does this retreat reflect Tristan's feelings at this time?

Part 3) How does this time at sea change the course of his life? How is it significant and life-altering for Tristan?

Essay Topic 3

Nordstrom has a preoccupation with sexuality.

Part 1) How is this reflected in his relationships? What might cause this preoccupation?

Part 2) How does his sexuality change throughout the story? With what other events do these sexual or lack of sexual feelings parallel?

Part 3) Would you consider this preoccupation normal? Why or why not?

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