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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 is Fulvia wearing while she and Morris have dinner?

2. What play did the conferees see performed at the Repertory Theatre?

3. For what organization does Jacques Textel work?

4. What has Persse written in the snow?

5. How many people are attending the conference in Rummidge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Persse's Aunty Nuala not at home when he goes to visit?

2. How did Persse get his current job in Limerick?

3. Who is Arthur Kingfisher?

4. Describe Akira Sakazaki's home.

5. Why does Ronald Frobisher hold such a grudge against Rudyard Parkinson?

6. What is the minor argument between Michel Tardieu and Albert about?

7. What does Morris Zapp see as the beauty of academic life?

8. How does Cheryl Summerbee keep from getting bored at work?

9. Why is Dr. Akbil Borak reading the entire "Collected Works of William Hazlitt"?

10. What did Philip think about in the twenty minutes the damaged plane spent circling Genoa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is David Lodge's opinion of writing style? What is it? How is it defined? What is important about it? Please use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In Lausanne, Michel Tardieu says to Persse, "If one is not a subject or an object, one must be a helper or an opponent." Using at least three characters as examples, discuss the meaning of this statement. What is Lodge trying to say? Do you agree? Why or why not? Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

The idea of "romance" is visited several times throughout the story. Is "Small World" a romance? If so, in what sense? Use at least three examples to support your answer.

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