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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 happened in Chapters 9 and 10 that presented the component of disillusionment?

2. In what season did Chapter 9 take place?

3. How did the author feel when he was accepted to college?

4. What disrupted the author's surge of sexual energy on this particular day in Chapter 10?

5. Why was the author disappointed with the people he met at dinner in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author's acceptance seal his "coming of age" story?

2. Describe what was significant about the day at work in Chapter 10?

3. What did Dagmar confirm to the author after his friend patronized him?

4. Who did the author live with after Dagmar left?

5. What did Dagmar do upon her return home from Denmark?

6. Describe what happened between Jean and Dagmar while the author was in Europe.

7. Where does the author describe working in Chapter 15?

8. What did the author contemplate doing the summer they returned to New York in Chapter 9?

9. What does the author describe at Chapter 10's conclusion?

10. Where did Dagmar go in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Detail the significance of the author's patronizing friend he recalls in Chapter 13 to his life and the role Dagmar played in this event.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Conroy's view of anarchy is paradoxical to the definition of anarchy and use some examples of the events in "Stop-Time" to support his definition.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what Conroy suggests about his school and the higher the class in the building meant to him. What is his metaphor in the school building's description?

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