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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 did Tamar suffer from when she was 16?

2. What does Violet ask her daughter to sell?

3. How does the author describe the color of Gulliver's eyes?

4. Why does Tamar not want Jean to see her mother?

5. What is Leonard Fairfax studying in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Gideon and Pat want to adopt Tamar?

2. How does Crimond respond to Jean's impassioned speech?

3. Why is Crimond suspicious of Tamar when she visits Jean?

4. What does Crimond want to do now he has completed his book?

5. How does Rose help Jean when she arrives at her house injured?

6. Why does Tamar fall into a deep depression?

7. How do Duncan and Jean reconcile?

8. How do Tamar and Duncan end up sleeping together?

9. What is Gulliver and Lily's relationship at the beginning?

10. What does Gerard propose to Jenkin when Jenkin tells him Crimond has finished his book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid-1980s British society:

1. Teenage pregnancy.

2. The need to find the right person.

3. Losing sight of one's beliefs.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Marxist's life:

1) What are Marxists and how do they view life?

2) What influence have Marxists had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Marxism in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The author wrote the Book and the Brotherhood in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

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