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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. Who had been a patient of the answer to #79?

2. What is Dick's special quality?

3. What do Dick and Rosemary do in the taxi?

4. Who does Rosemary promise to stay with at the party?

5. What does Dick reveal to Rosemary at the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rosemary's response when Dick will not comply with her request to make love?

2. What is the symbolism of the sun coming out when Dick kisses Rosemary?

3. How does Abe's drinking allow him to insult Nicole at the train station?

4. How does Rosemary continue to compare herself to Nicole?

5. What are Mr. McKisco's concerns after he agrees to a duel with Tommy Barban?

6. Why does Rosemary not have fun at the party after she analyzes the evening?

7. What lesson does Rosemary learn when Dick again rebuffs her advances?

8. What psychological protective mechanisms are put in place for Nicole?

9. How can you tell that Dick's mind is addled by Rosemary?

10. Explain the discrimination incident in Chapter 23.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of Collis Clay in the novel? Why does he seem to follow Rosemary around even though she is not interested in him? Does Collis represent a naivete which Rosemary has lost? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of Dick and Nicole's children, Lanier and Topsy, in their lives. The children do not seem to have much significance in the story. Why? Why does Lanier respect his father in spite of his absences and bad habits? Why does Nicole invest so little of herself in her children? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the nature of Nicole's mental illness? Is it truly schizophrenia? Or has Nicole created her own safe world as a result of psychological damage done by her father's inappropriate behavior with her? What are Nicole's coping mechanisms?

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