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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 reason does Larry give for being friends with Sophie?

2. What does Larry find out that Kosti has studied?

3. In what city does the narrator meet Elliott?

4. What is the only thing Larry says he is interested in doing?

5. From where does Larry get the $3,000?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maugham say he has changed about the real story?

2. How is Larry when he meets Isabel and Gray in Chapter 7?

3. Describe Larry and Isobel's meeting in Chapter 3.

4. What has happened to Elliott in Chapter 7?

5. Describe Gray Maturin

6. What is Maugham's opinion of Larry?

7. What reason does Maugham give for Elliott helping Isabel?

8. What are Isabel's thoughts on love?

9. What happens to the four main characters in Rue de Lappe?

10. Describe Isabel's marriage and life with Gray.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the problems Europe faced after the First World War. Did Europe change? How did this change affect America? Was this change reflected in the arts? Find an art movement after the First World War and examine what kind of thoughts and feelings it was trying to express. Are these thoughts also reflected in Maugham's the Razor's Edge?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Larry and Sophie.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Bohemian life.

1)What are Bohemians? What are their ideas on life? From where do they get their ideas?

2) What influence have Bohemians had on popular culture?

3) Why is it important for Larry to live the Bohemian life? What do you think Larry will achieve by being a Bohemian?

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