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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 does Stan wish would happen to his college before he gets back?

2. What song is Ed Thatcher trying to pick out on the piano?

3. What happens when Ed and the person who takes him out for a drink part ways?

4. What does Cassie think of Ellen?

5. What is the name of the play Harry Goldweiser wants Ellen to star in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicky Schatz set up the burglary of the apartment where Stan and Elaine are having an affair?

2. What has Ed Thatcher worried as he enters the hospital with flowers for his wife?

3. What does the man sitting next to Joe Harland in the Battery say of the actresses in the papers?

4. What does Jimmy Herf say to Ruth Prynne about Elaine's relationship with Jojo?

5. How does the man with the diamond stud compliment Olga?

6. Why does Jimmy walk faster when he passes the Chinese laundry?

7. What does Stan say to Jimmy about languages?

8. What does Jimmy say to Stan when he asks for liquor in the morning, and where has Stan come in from?

9. What does the man with the cauliflower face complain about when Congo arrives to talk to Emile?

10. What does Joe Harland say of whiskey when he goes to the bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Advertising on a large scale is touched on in the book. Pick a few instances where advertising is being described. What does the author mean by including them in various places? How does it affect the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Stan Emery is a rich kid who can't seem to find his way in life. Describe his lifestyle and how it eventually leads to his demise. Include incidents from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Many men fawn all over Ellen as she becomes famous on Broadway. How does she react to different advances of the men in her life? Which one does she really love? What does she say about herself regarding her love for this man?

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