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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. Dick Snow's mother owns what kind of factory?

2. Where does Jimmy want to go when he sees the French boat in the harbor?

3. What does Billy' think of the X-ray treatment?

4. Who does Pearline brag to about Stan's ambitions?

5. How did Nevada get her name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmy say about his job at the Times?

2. What does she mean when Rachel Goldweiser says that New York is pleasanter in midsummer than any other time?

3. Why does Stan throw the chair through the window of his apartment?

4. When Ellen is having their baby, why does Jimmy think she is going to die?

5. What are the virtues of its tobacco extolled by the Socony company?

6. What does Dick Snow say about Ellen's divorce?

7. What is the greatest sight in the world according to Jimmy Herf as he and his family return from abroad?

8. What does George tell Phil in regards to Elaine?

9. What does Anna's mother say when she scolds her for her line of work?

10. When a shower of petals flutters all over the table at the roadhouse, how does Ellen react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is George Baldwin unfulfilled in his life? What is his relationship with women and how does he use them to try to find himself?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Tony resist his homosexuality? What toll does it take on his self-esteem? What steps does he take to try to change himself?

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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