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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 did L give to M for not wanting to paint her portrait?
2. How many children does the narrator tell Jeffers she had when she went to Paris?
3. Where was the narrator heading when she met someone on a train which changed the course of her life?
4. Who does the narrator say appears to be free, which "doesn't look like much" (8)?
5. Where did L say he was staying instead of going to the second place?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is M's hair described at the time of L's visit? Why did she keep it that way?
2. Who is the narrator speaking to at the start of the novel? What does she say happened while on a train in Paris?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?
6. What do readers learn about Tony's backstory in the third chapter?
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. What happened on the narrator's final morning in Paris when she saw a particular sign?
9. What do readers learn of L's backstory in the fourth chapter?
10. What did the narrator do on her final night in Paris and with whom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance M's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if her family were poor? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring who Jeffers may be. Indicate who you think Jeffers is using textual evidence to back your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Cusk’s focus on gender as presented in Second Place.
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