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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 is the red-haired girl holding on the train?
2. Who does Rosemary find sobbing on the terrace of the hotel?
3. What does Dick consider to be his experience level with women?
4. What does Rosemary do at the Newfoundland memorial?
5. What does Rosemary reveal to Dick when they are alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. What psychological protective mechanisms are put in place for Nicole?
2. What does Dick reveal about his relationship with Nicole to Dr. Franz Gregorovius?
3. What can be determined about Rosemary's personality from her demeanor at the beach?
4. What does Fitzgerald mean when he says this about Dick: "he opened the gate to his amusing world. So long as they subscribed to it completely, their happiness was his preoccupation, but at the first flicker of doubt as to its all-inclusiveness he evaporated before their eyes, leaving little communicable memory of what he had said or done."
5. What do Rosemary's thoughts reveal about how she was raised by her mother?
6. What is the nature of Nicole's mental illness which is mistakenly identified as schizophrenia?
7. How does Abe's drinking allow him to insult Nicole at the train station?
8. How can Rosemary tell that the Divers and their friends are wealthy?
9. Explain the discrimination incident in Chapter 23.
10. Describe the situation where Dick comforts the American girl looking for her brother's grave.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nicole seems to have a vapid life of parties and shopping. Describe a week in Nicole's life. Do you think this aimless existence helps or hinders her fragile mental state? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Explain Rosemary Hoyt's situation. Why is she so bored with most people? Has she grown up too fast? Why does she seek out situations that are beyond her years? Why does she think Dick could possibly be interested in her?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel, Tommy tells Dick that he had treated Nicole more like a patient than a wife. Explain what Tommy means by this. Do you think Tommy is accurate in his appraisal of the situation? Do you think Dick and Nicole are aware of this dynamic? Why or why not?
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