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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. Who are the Folkstones?

2. What does the narrator of "Angel of the Bridge" discover he is afraid of?

3. Who invents Olga?

4. What does Donna Carla think of being a commoner?

5. What happens when the Seton family is in Florence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose inheritance is the subject of "The Lowboy" and why?

2. How does Cheever feel about Marlon Brando?

3. How is Richard described in "The Lowboy?"

4. How does usually behave Gee Gee when he drinks?

5. What is it about the elderly mother in the "The Angel and the Bridge" that irks her son?

6. What does Donna Carla think of all of the rumors around her?

7. Describe Gee Gee's behavior when he is sober?

8. How does the Assunta respond to the old woman in "Montraldo"?

9. Although the mother in the "The Angel and the Bridge" is spry and lively, what faults does she have?

10. Why does Charlie run away from Marcie and his children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Laura's feelings about money at the end of the story with Ralph's. Is Laura happy and content? What about Ralph?

Essay Topic 2

In "The Enormous Radio," Jim explodes at Irene for her obsession with eavesdropping. Why does Jim think he is better than his wife Irene?

Essay Topic 3

In "The Angel of the Bridge," how does the son's avoidance of his own issues manifest itself in a fear? What did he focus on when he was avoiding his own fears?

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