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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 has John been diagnosed with?

2. What is the name of the stripper John takes Doris to see?

3. How does John feel about Alec being in prison?

4. What does Martina buy for John?

5. What is Doris' last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What postmodern technique does Amis use in "Money: A Suicide Note"?

2. How are Martina and Selina different?

3. Describe the relationship between Fielding and John.

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

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

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

7. Describe Selina Street.

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

9. What is significant about Vron?

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 message about romantic and sexual relationships do you think Amis is sending to the reader in writing about the relationships between John and Selina, Martina, and Georgina?

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

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

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