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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. For which of the following does Marya Borevna queue while Pushkin queues on her behalf?

2. Which of the following authors’ signatures does Touchett forge?

3. On what October day do Pushkin and Irina arrive in Moscow?

4. In what year does Pushkin start queueing up for others?

5. Which of the following writers does Touchett idolize?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what does “The Line” assert “the wisdom of the peasant is founded” (5)?

2. How does “Hasta Luego” gloss the term “emotional contagion”?

3. Why is Pushkin pleased the bakery where he initially queues offers only one product?

4. Why is Pushkin unable to retrieve milk as Irina had instructed?

5. To what does Pushkin compare the Communist speaker he and Irina first hear?

6. Why, per “Hasta Luego,” is emotional contagion important?

7. What does Jerry note as his major failing?

8. What does “The Line” suggest makes a discussion of the weather a pleasantry?

9. Why does Smitty’s wife demand Jerry get him out of the bar?

10. What marks Smitty’s social presentation as unusual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the ending of one selection in the anthology. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter- and section-length is present in the anthology, if any? What effect does the length of chapters and sections have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Table for Two. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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