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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 is part of the job hunting process?

2. Where are Jenny and Oliver in July?

3. How soon does Jenny become pregnant after they move to New York?

4. How could the couple's social life be described?

5. What does Oliver do the first time they come to the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver receive in the mail that he and Jenny fight about and how does she feel? How does he feel?

2. When Oliver checks on Jenny one night after dinner what does she tell him and what does he do?

3. What did Oliver do in his second year of law school?

4. What does Oliver say and do when his father tells him he's sorry?

5. Where did Oliver and Jenny live in New York and how did Jenny fix it up?

6. Why does Oliver go to see his father?

7. What does Oliver tell his father about his request?

8. Why does the doctor call Oliver into the office and what does he tell Oliver?

9. Who does Oliver tell about Jenny's illness and what does he do?

10. What does Oliver decide shortly after they move to New York and how does Jenny feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oliver III tells his son that if he marries Jenny, he will cut him out of his life. Oliver walks out of the club with every intention to marry Jenny and live his own life, free of his father.

1. What would you do and how would you feel if your parent forbid you to marry the person you wanted to marry?

2. Do you think Oliver's father has motivations other than snobbery to say a marriage between Oliver and Jenny would be a mistake? What do you think those reasons might be and do you agree with them?

3. What do you think would be the problems in a marriage between two people of very different backgrounds, for example, two religions, or two different classes or two different races or cultures?

Essay Topic 2

Oliver accepts his father's love for the first time, seeing it for what it is in his father's awkward way of showing love. It is a happy ending despite the devastation that marks Jenny's death.

1. Do you think Oliver's joy at finally knowing his father loves him is stronger than his grief at Jenny's death?

2. Do you think someone can experience joy and sorrow at almost the exact same moment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Shortly after the move, Oliver decides he wants to have a baby, and he has taken a shine to the name Bozo.

1. Do you think Oliver would be a good father? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Jenny will be a good mother? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Oliver and Jenny have known each other long enough to embark on parenthood? Why or why not?

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