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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. How much would Touchett’s grandmother send him?

2. What is the name of the artist with whom Pushkin confers?

3. On what street does Pennybrook have a shop?

4. For how many hours does Pushkin wait for cabbage?

5. Which of the following does Jerry note is in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pennybrook portray Dos Passos to Touchett?

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

4. How is Irina employed in her Moscow collective?

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

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

7. How does Irina react to the Communist speaker she and Pushkin first hear?

8. Why does Touchett take the job Pennybrook offers him?

9. Why is “Prufrock” a poor choice for seductive reading, per “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett”?

10. What does Jerry note as his major failing?

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

A number of characters in the anthology engage in activities of at-best-dubious legality. What attitude does the anthology as a whole display towards illicit activities? How is the attitude conveyed by the text?

Essay Topic 3

In the anthology, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the anthology? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the anthology? How does Table for Two bear as much out?

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