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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 is the young woman that Mary meets while on vacation?

2. What does George ask his ex-wife to find for him?

3. What is the name of the resort town where the young couple is on vacation?

4. What can Hamish and Mary tell about the person in #44?

5. What is George's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George ask of his ex-wife as he struggles with the physical pain of a break up?

2. What does George Talbot learn about the woman with whom he has had an affair for several years?

3. What is the premise of "Pleasure"?

4. How do George's fears about Rose canceling their wedding plans come true?

5. Why is George especially drawn to Bobby?

6. How does Rose behave after she breaks her engagement to George?

7. What is the premise of "He"?

8. What is Lessing's writing style in the majority of the stories?

9. What is "The Eye of God in Paradise"?

10. What do Mary and Hamish suspect about Dr. Kroll?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Rose in "The Other Woman". What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Rose?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Hetty Pennefather in "An Old Woman and Her Cat". What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Hetty?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the stories and note why they are examples of irony.

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