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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 does Tony's wife find in Chapter 2 that alerts her to the affair between Tony and Serena?
2. In Chapter 3, how many days after the breakup with Tony does Serena interview with MI5?
3. In Chapter 10, when does Max say that he will announce his engagement?
4. By the end of Chapter 7, how long has Serena been in the Service?
5. How many pages is the story that Serena reads in Chapter 8 from the Kenyon Review?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Max's office like in Chapter 10?
2. What job do Tapp and the others want Serena to do?
3. In Chapter 5, who are Serena's roommates and what are they like?
4. Who is Millie Trimingham, and what does Serena know about her?
5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does Serena learn in a letter from Jeremy?
6. In Chapter 7, what is Serena thinking when she is called to Tapp's office?
7. How does Serena describe the room she has in Chapter 5?
8. In Chapter 3, why does Serena decide that she does not want the job at MI5?
9. Who is Shirley Shilling, and what is her background?
10. What is the general plot of the story that Serena reads in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Serena’s job is a threat to the relationship that Serena has with Tom. Why is Serena’s job a threat to her relationship with Tom? What other things are a threat to the relationship? How do Serena and Tom overcome these threats?
Essay Topic 2
Serena is very beautiful, but she has abandonment issues and often feels worthless. How did the emotional distance that Serena felt from her parents lead to feelings of abandonment and worthlessness? How do those feelings affect her in her work and private lives?
Essay Topic 3
MI5 is a right-wing organization. How are characters and organizations split between being right and left-wing? How does casting characters as either right or left-wing advance the plot?
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