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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 Nicole tell Rosemary that is Abe North's problem?
2. What does Nicole give to Rosemary's mother?
3. Who is the police sergeant looking for when he comes to Nicole's room?
4. What jewelry does Nicole Driver always wear?
5. What does Dick do without Nicole's consent?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Abe's drinking allow him to insult Nicole at the train station?
2. What can be determined about Rosemary's personality from her demeanor at the beach?
3. How does Rosemary equate Nicole to her mother?
4. Why does Rosemary's view of the Mediterranean change after she meets with film director Earl Brady?
5. Explain the technique of flashback used in Chapter 26.
6. Describe the situation where Dick comforts the American girl looking for her brother's grave.
7. 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."
8. How does Rosemary continue to compare herself to Nicole?
9. Describe the burgeoning romance between Dick and Nicole.
10. What are the effects of Dick's habit of giving compliments to Rosemary?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is it that the characters in the novel have so much time to play? Do they characterize any particular segment of society? Or are they enjoying post-war prosperity to its fullest? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Rosemary's life as a young actress. Why is she so world-weary at such a young age? How is it that she can size up Earl Brady's intentions so quickly? What does Rosemary mean when she says that her view of the Mediterranean had changed since she now knows there is a film studio there?
Essay Topic 3
Dick calls the love between him and Nicole an "active" love. What does he mean by that? What does he hope Rosemary will understand by the description? What is so complicated about the love between Dick and Nicole? Is it different from the love between most married couples? Explain.
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