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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 does the young woman in "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment" use her husband for?

2. What is Mrs. Stoner's profession?

3. What kind of parting does Tory have with her son?

4. What is Cooper embarrassed of?

5. What does William's wife in "Marriage A La Mode" do with the item he sends her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Larry forgive his father?

2. Why is Rondo jealous of Stella?

3. Describe Mrs. Stoner.

4. Describe Stella.

5. How is "You Could Look It Up" told?

6. How does seeing Elizabeth affect John Ferris?

7. What is May's pain at the end of "A Country Love Story"?

8. How does Daniel push May away?

9. How does Pepe believe he has become a man?

10. Briefly describe the Freudian theme in "My Oedipal Complex."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Social class and responsibility are themes reflected in "The Boarding House." How are the themes of social class and responsibility reflected in the story? How is social responsibility used to manipulate another person, and why? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 2

In "Cruel and Barbarious Treatment," a married woman decides to reinvent herself. How does the woman in the story reinvent herself? Why does she reinvent herself? Does her reinvention succeed? Why or why not? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

Essay Topic 3

"Flowering Judas" is a story about betrayal. How is the theme of betrayal reflected in the story? How is betrayal cyclical, especially in this story? Remember to answer each question with support from the story.

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