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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main way the character of Sister is different from the character of Philip?
(a) She is abusive
(b) She is quiet
(c) She is smart
(d) She is gentle

2. Who does Philip turn to automatically when his psyche is challenged and he needs reprieve?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) Sister
(c) Mollie
(d) Paris

3. What do Mother Lovejoy and Sister continue to do to Mollie now that Philip is back?
(a) Attempt to sway Mollie to convince Philip to quiting writing
(b) Attempt to sway Mollie into marrying John
(c) Attempt to sway Mollie into re-marrying Philip
(d) Attempt to sway Mollie into dating again someone new

4. What does Philip eventually conclude about himself regarding his failures?
(a) That he is to blame
(b) That he has no talent
(c) That he is a killjoy
(d) That he is unworthy

5. What bores Philip as he is talking with Mollie after his stay in the sanatorium?
(a) Talk of therapy
(b) Talk of Sister
(c) Talk of John Tucker
(d) Talk of farmhouse life

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Paris feel while his father was away?

2. Where do Mollie and Philip retreat to following their initial conversation and initial greeting?

3. What is John's profession?

4. According to John, what is humiliation the same as?

5. What is the name of the new man in Mollie's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother Lovejoy offer to Paris now that his father has passed?

2. Describe the realization that has put Philip over the edge?

3. How does Mollie react to John's question?

4. What is the first thing Philip wants Paris to do when he wakes up?

5. What is Mollie horror-stricken about?

6. How does Hattie react to seeing Philip back home for the first time?

7. What does John consider to be a betrayal?

8. What does John discuss with Paris that he considers the square root of sin?

9. What happens when Philip tries to seek answers as to why he is cursed with such madness?

10. What does Philip apologize to Paris about during their talk?

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