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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 event do Will and Jack anticipate attending later when they are visiting the nursing home?
2. Whose portrait towers above the men in the clubhouse at the golf course?
3. Which of these is NOT one of the treasures that Allison finds in the cellar of the burned down estate?
4. Why is it important that Allison read what is in the notebook?
5. What phrase does Allison repeat in Dr. Duk's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the trouble that the chaplain Jack Curl is having with Will's daughter, Leslie?
2. Why does Allison want to move the old stove into her greenhouse?
3. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?
4. What does Lewis think is wrong with Will?
5. Why does Allison buy herself new clothes when she gets to Linwood?
6. What does Will hope to prove with his experiment?
7. What does Allison tell Will when he tells her he's been falling down a lot lately?
8. Why does Will obsess over how many shots his father fired on the hunting trip they took together?
9. When Allison's parents have a conference alone with Dr. Duk, what does she find out that instigates her escape?
10. What is Will unhappy about during the game of golf with Ed Cupp, Bernie Peabody, Lewis Peckham, and Jimmy Rogers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Like many novels set in small Southern towns, in The Second Coming the characters are constantly concerned about how others perceive them. Choose three characters from the novel and write an essay about how each deals with the issue of how others perceive them.
Essay Topic 2
The Second Coming is populated with a lot of single, older men. Discuss the role of the old men like Mr. Ryan, Mr. Arnold, and Father Weatherbee in the novel. What do you think these older men represent in the novel? Why are there so many of them? What happens to these old men in the end?
Essay Topic 3
Walker Percy revisits several themes or motifs throughout the novel including: memory, mental illness, self-discovery, independence, religion, nature, and love. Can you think of other themes or motifs from the novel? Write an essay discussing the most important theme or motif from the novel; that is, the one you think the author discusses the most or seems to feature as being the most important. Provide examples from the text to support your argument.
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