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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 type of painting by L was the narrator drawn to that morning in Paris?
2. Who did the narrator meet during her darkest years who helped improve her life?
3. What was the narrator doing in Paris when she noticed a sign with a painting by L?
4. What did Tony want in the second place, which M did not?
5. What disease does M think L's father died from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do readers learn about Tony's backstory in the third chapter?
2. What did Tony find after clearing the adjacent land he bought near the marsh? What did he do there?
3. 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?
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. 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?
6. How does L behave at the harbor town when M and Tony first meet him?
7. What is M's impression of Brett when she first meets her?
8. How old was L when he first became famous? What did his critics find shocking about his early work?
9. How does the narrator describe the man she met on the train in Paris? What was he doing? Why did she not say something?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Define setting and discuss the significance of Cusk’s choice of setting in Second Place.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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