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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. At breakfast, what does Wilhelm take that bothers his father?

2. What product did Wilhelm's company make?

3. Which of the following is an invention of Dr. Tamkin's?

4. What doesn't Dr. Adler understand about Wilhelm?

5. What is Wilhelm's relationship to his wife, Margaret?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Wilhelm talks about his apartment in Roxbury. What appealed to him about this apartment?

2. In Chapter 4, Wilhelm reveals the real reason he lost his job. What is it?

3. Why is Wilhelm not more supportive of Catherine's artistic pursuits? What is significant about this?

4. Tamkin and Wilhelm are equal partners, but Tamkin invested less than Wilhelm. What does Wilhelm think about how Tamkin might use this to his advantage?

5. What are Tamkin's "here-and-now" mental exercises and what is their purpose?

6. In Chapter 6, what do we learn about Mr. Rappaport's personal life?

7. How does Tamkin convince Wilhelm to invest in commodities?

8. What is the importance of this quote in relation to Wilhelm: "Someone had said, and Wilhelm agreed with the saying, that in Los Angeles, all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California."?

9. Why does Wilhelm agree to sign a power of attorney document for Tamkin?

10. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Tamkin shares the story of his own father. What is it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the events we witness in the story occur because of one factor: pride. Consider the following:

Part 1) Pride was a factor when Wilhelm lost his job at the Rojax Corporation. Why? What happened?

Part 2) Tamkin is the only character who knows exactly why Wilhelm lost his job. Why does Wilhelm tell him? How does his pride motivate him to tell Tamkin?

Part 3) How is pride still a factor in Wilhelm's life? How has this pride caused him to get into his current situation?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a literary device that is used quite often in the book.

Part 1) What is foreshadowing?

Part 2) Cite 3 examples of foreshadowing and how they're used in the text.

Part 3) Why is foreshadowing important in this particular story? What effect does it have on us as readers?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Adler and Wilhelm are two important characters in Seize the Day and have a major impact on the course of the story.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Dr. Adler and Wilhelm. How are they the same? How are they different?

Part 2) How would we see Wilhelm differently if Dr. Adler had never been introduced as a character?

Part 3) Who is the better father, Dr. Adler or Wilhelm? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.

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