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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 college had Tommy attended?

2. In which of the following does Percival claim to have published?

3. What church had Peggy attended?

4. What college had Peggy attended?

5. In what year does Percival stop joining family for Thanksgiving?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Fein record concerts at Carnegie Hall?

3. What traits does Tommy possess that are helpful professionally but unhelpful personally?

4. In what does Percival situate the origin of his family’s fortunes?

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

6. How does the narrator note Tommy takes after his father?

7. How does Percival get into clubs of which he is not a member?

8. How does Tommy get seats at Carnegie Hall?

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

10. Why is John called Gloria by the roller-skating group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Table for Two? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the anthology supports the divisions that are in place?

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

“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?

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