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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 is wrong with the floor drain in Winter?

2. How does Will respond to Tess saying she is having a tipsy week?

3. What does Jake only want Tess to eat with him?

4. What does Simone do that makes her irritable?

5. What object does Jake say he does not believe in while eating with Tess after the show in Winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tess feel like she has accomplished when Simone invites her for dinner?

2. How does Jake describe to Tess that she is powerful?

3. What is vindictive about the way Will tells Tess her server clogs were thrown out?

4. What does Tess discover in Jake's room in Spring?

5. Why does Tess say Jake is terrified of youth?

6. Why does Tess call Zoe Howard and Simone's puppet?

7. What is Tess' reaction to the cake from Simone and Jake?

8. Why does Ariel have such a large network of friends?

9. What does Jake imply will choke Tess eventually?

10. What does Tess think Winter means for food at the restaurant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what it means to be a 49 percenter. Cite descriptions Tess gives of her job duties that fall into that category. Explain why there are more 49 percenters in society as well as the implications of that theory.

Essay Topic 2

Tess declares that she is different from most people and that she can have it all. Why does Tess vacillate so drastically between feeling positively and negatively about her abilities and her future?

Essay Topic 3

When Jake pontificates on aesthetics and ethics, he tells Tess that even though she grew up with a country club lifestyle, she is in the struggle now. Why does Jake believe struggle equals authenticity?

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