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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 did Brett say the second place seemed to be straight out of when she first saw it?
2. Where does L say he has never felt "freer and more alone" (19)?
3. What does M tell L made her feel “dowdy and ugly, like a consolation prize” (57)?
4. In what way does Brett seem out of place when they meet at the harbor town?
5. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the narrator do on her final night in Paris and with whom?
2. What did the narrator tell L about his artwork's impact on her life when she invited him to stay in the second place?
3. What issue did Brett have with the bed linen in the second place? What did she want M to do?
4. Where did M and Tony pick up L? What did Justine and Kurt do while they were away?
5. What does the narrator feel L's painting emanated when she first saw them that morning in Paris, which compelled her to follow it to the art gallery?
6. Describe L and M's first interaction the morning after he arrived at the second place. How did she feel about him? How did he make her feel?
7. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?
8. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?
9. Whose portrait did L tell M he wanted to paint? How did she feel that he did not wish to paint her? What did she say to him about this?
10. What does the narrator say her first experience with L coincided with? What did she think L's visit would do in terms of her recovery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Several times in the novel, M refers to a time after taking a train from Paris that her life spun downward. What do you think happened based on the details she provides in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Cusk's Second Place. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
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