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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 Cheryl Summerbee's job?

2. What is Persse drinking at the Royal Academy of Literature's prizegiving party?

3. Whom does Felix Skinner call first to give a reader's report on Persse McGarrigle's book about T.S. Eliot and Shakespeare?

4. What play did the conferees originally buy tickets to see?

5. What does Robin Dempsey tell Frobisher is his most-used word?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Philip Swallow's first day in Turkey go?

2. What is Morris' advice to Philip regarding his conference?

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

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

5. What is Miss Sybil Maiden's overarching theory about literature?

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

7. How does the Ringbaums' day go after landing in London?

8. Describe Akira Sakazaki's home.

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

10. Describe the atmosphere Philip sets to tell his story about Joy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Robin Dempsey's relationship with computers both before and after the arrival of "ELIZA"? How does it change, and why? Is it healthy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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