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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. Which of the following authors’ signatures does Touchett demur from forging?

2. With which of the following is Petya rewarded for queueing up for others?

3. From what city is Touchett?

4. How long is the bakery queue with Pushkin first reaches it?

5. What *author* is Touchett reading as “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jerry note as his major failing?

4. How does Pennybrook portray Dos Passos to Touchett?

5. Why does Jerry agree to do as Smitty’s wife bids?

6. When does Touchett call on Pennybrook, and why?

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

8. Why does Jerry opt to order room service breakfasts?

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

10. How do Pushkin and Irina regard Moscow upon their arrival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

To what genre other than urban fiction might Table for Two be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

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