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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 does Rosemary tell her mother at lunch?
2. Where does Rosemary say is the only place she can get any privacy?
3. Who does Rosemary go with to witness the answer to #28?
4. On what topic does Dick engage McKisco to make McKisco feel superior?
5. What does Nicole do when the group returns to Paris?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Mr. McKisco's concerns after he agrees to a duel with Tommy Barban?
2. How does Abe's drinking allow him to insult Nicole at the train station?
3. How does Dick realize that Nicole is mentally unstable?
4. Explain the technique of flashback used in Chapter 26.
5. What does Dick reveal about his relationship with Nicole to Dr. Franz Gregorovius?
6. 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."
7. How does Rosemary equate Nicole to her mother?
8. What is the symbolism of the sun coming out when Dick kisses Rosemary?
9. How does the duel turn into an entertainment event?
10. What lesson does Rosemary learn when Dick again rebuffs her advances?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of Nicole's sister, Beth, in the book? What does her character represent for Nicole? For Dick? Do you think Beth relishes her role or resents it? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
What is the nature of Nicole's breakdown in the bathroom of her hotel suite? Why does she shout at Dick for not giving her privacy in the only place she can be alone? Does this mean that all the rest of Nicole's life is an act? Or has she just reacted to Dick's indiscretions like any wife would? Explain.
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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