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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 sport do John and Fielding play?

2. What is the name of the topless girl that John watches in New York?

3. What is Spunk's last name?

4. Who does John write an apology letter to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between John and Martina?

2. What are John's main motivators?

3. Compare John and Barry.

4. How does Doris react to John's seduction?

5. Why is addiction a theme in "Money: A Suicide Note"?

6. Describe John's relationship with Selina.

7. Why are Selina and John attracted to each other?

8. Why can't John find interest in anything?

9. Describe Fielding Goodney.

10. Describe the relationship between Fielding and John.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What evidence points to John's preoccupation with sex? Why do you think John is obsessed with sex?

Essay Topic 2

What role does money as a motivating factor play in the text? Is money generally portrayed as positive or negative?

Essay Topic 3

Why are the two allusions to Orwell's books significant? How do "Animal Farm" and "1984" relate to the plot of "Money: A Suicide Note"?

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