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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 Butch's last name?

2. Who is described as being unable to find interest in anything besides sex and money?

3. What is Lorne's last name?

4. Where is John at the beginning of the novel?

5. After talking to Lorne and Caduta, who does John get drunk and see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John view Selina?

2. Why is John happy that Alec is in prison?

3. Why does a woman chastise John, and how does he react?

4. Why is John attracted to Martina?

5. What evidence points to John's preoccupation with sex?

6. Describe Fielding Goodney.

7. Compare John and Barry.

8. What motivates Selina?

9. What is the purpose of this novel?

10. Why does John ask Selina to move in with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the tone of "Money: A Suicide Note"? What diction and other literary devices are used to create this tone?

Essay Topic 2

In John's search for satisfaction, what does he find? What does he have trouble finding? What does he continue to search for by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Is John a reliable narrator? Why should the reader be weary of trusting him? Is the reader supposed to trust John?

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