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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. The brothers and their father's Native American friend stop at a tavern where Tristan beats the owner for what reason?

2. Susannah tells Tristan that she plans to do what?

3. What does Tristan learn when he visits Alfred in the hospital?

4. What does Tristan do to the officer?

5. After the graduation reception, Nordstrom tries to give Sonia what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Isabel Two die?

2. What does Nordstrom do to Berto?

3. What does Nordstrom do with his money?

4. What happens when Tristan comes down with dysentery?

5. What does Nordstrom discuss with his psychiatrist?

6. How does Nordstrom spend his time at his going-away party?

7. What does Tristan do to two of the Irishmen that are out to kill him?

8. How does Tristan play a role in Susannah's suicide?

9. How does Tristan spend seven years with his new wife?

10. What does Tristan do when Susannah says she plans on killing herself? How does this affect her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laura and Nordstrom's relationship is sexual.

Part 1) How does this affect their marriage? Why does it affect their marriage this way?

Part 2) How does this reflect Nordstrom's feelings about himself?

Part 3) How does their relationship affect their daughter? How does Nordstrom go about remedying his relationship with his daughter? What are your feelings about how he does this? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in REVENGE feel regret.

Part 1) Why do they feel regret? What are the causes of this regret?

Part 2) How does this regret influence their actions? How does it affect the plot?

Part 3) How could this regret have been avoided? How might this have altered the plot, as well as the outcome of the story?

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