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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 does Percival note dines at La Maison?

2. With whom does Peggy initially voice concern?

3. On what avenue does Percival live?

4. What camp had the narrator attended?

5. On what avenue is La Maison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator agree to go to Carnegie Hall with Tommy?

2. To what does Percival ascribe the decline of appetites with age?

3. Why does Jeremy opt to go out with a friend while Nell follows John?

4. What, per Nell, was at the root of Peggy’s fear about John?

5. What had Peggy summoned Nell to discuss most recently prior to the beginning of “I Will Survive”?

6. What is Bobby Daniels’ current occupation?

7. How does the narrator contrast popular and Classical music?

8. Why, per Percival, are there few DiDomenico paintings?

9. What does the narrator of “The Bootlegger” note would be her preferred downtime activity?

10. Why does Nell initially laugh off Peggy’s suspicions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator of “The Line” asks the following question (13): “For to serve the ones we love and receive their approval in return, need life be any more complicated than that?” Does the remainder of the short story offer an answer to that question? If so, what is the answer and how is it presented? If not, what effect does raising the question and refusing to answer it have for the reader?

Essay Topic 2

“The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” makes much of the ethics of intellectual property. What position does the story take? What in the text indicates as much, and how? Does that opinion reflect or contrast with prevailing opinion on the subject? How?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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