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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 camp had the narrator attended?

2. What author had Peggy read?

3. To which of the following does Percival compare an Annunciation?

4. What instrument performs the first concert Tommy attends at Carnegie Hall?

5. What is the name of Percival’s doorman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jeremy recommend against wearing a Mets cap when surveilling others?

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

5. What is the usual topic of Peggy’s complaints to Nell?

6. How does the DiDomenico fragment come to be?

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

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

9. What does the narrator note Tommy wore to propose to her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Table for Two on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the anthology? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider novels you have read, whether for classes or for other purposes. What differences in effect on the reader exist between an anthology and a novel of similar length? From what do those differences proceed? How do they do so?

Essay Topic 3

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

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