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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 event is planned for the final night of the conference?

2. What name did Angelica use while stripping in Soho?

3. What is "ELIZA"?

4. Where is the conference on the Future of Criticism being held?

5. What country did Philip visit on his first lecture tour?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Desiree doing while Morris Zapp is en route to the Rummidge airport?

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

5. What is Morris Zapp's theory about sex?

6. What joke does Angelica play on both Robin Dempsey and Persse?

7. Who is Arthur Kingfisher?

8. What are Rudyard Parkinson's passions?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of the title of this novel: how is the world small? Which world? What is an academic romance? Is there such a thing?

Essay Topic 2

Using at least three characters as evidence, discuss Lodge's use of impotence as a theme in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the purpose of the character Miss Sybil Maiden. Is she symbolic? If so, of what? What role does she play in the story?

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