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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?
(a) His New York studio.
(b) Paris.
(c) A cabin in the woods.
(d) An island.

2. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?
(a) Tony.
(b) Kurt.
(c) Justine.
(d) Jeffers.

3. What did L tell M he had spent most of his life as?
(a) A sinner.
(b) A thief.
(c) A puppet.
(d) A beggar.

4. What element of L's early artwork shocked his audience?
(a) The political commentary.
(b) The femininity.
(c) The violence.
(d) The nudity.

5. Who does the narrator say she meant on a train at the start of the novel, which made the following years difficult?
(a) The devil.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) A thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator write a letter to L in the second section?

2. Why did Brett want M to buy new bed linens?

3. Where was Justine working before coming to the second place?

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the writer with whom she spent her last night in Paris?

5. What feeling did L tell M he had from his early experience with death living near a slaughterhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old was L when he first became famous? What did his critics find shocking about his early work?

2. What issue did Brett have with the bed linen in the second place? What did she want M to do?

3. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?

4. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?

5. In what ways did L and Tony's early experiences with death manifest differently in each man?

6. What did Tony find after clearing the adjacent land he bought near the marsh? What did he do there?

7. What did the narrator tell L about his artwork's impact on her life when she invited him to stay in the second place?

8. How did Kurt help M when trying to explain what Justine and Kurt needed to move into the main house so L could stay in the second place?

9. Where was L when M first wrote to him? What did he say about the idea of being alone? Where did he say he felt most alone and free?

10. What did Tony and M do to prepare the second place for L's arrival?

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