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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 Crimond wear to the ball?

2. Where does Jean's father live?

3. What does Violet ask her daughter to sell?

4. Like what does the author say the moon is crumbly?

5. What kind of company did Gulliver work for for four weeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Duncan and Jean reconcile?

2. What reason does Crimond give for alienating his Oxford friends?

3. Why is Jean worried for Crimond when he finishes his book?

4. How does Jenkin react to Tamar's confession?

5. What do the Gesellschaft group decide when they meet to discuss Crimond and his book?

6. Why are Jenkin and Gerard worried for Jean's safety?

7. Why does Jean decide to leave Duncan for the second time?

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

9. What does Gerard and Crimond discuss during their meeting about Crimond's book?

10. Why does Tamar fall into a deep depression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Karl Marx view world? What impact has his philosophy had on world history? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Crimond's life as a writer affects one of the following areas in his life:

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

4. Family.

Essay Topic 3

What are the main turning points of the novel? How does Murdoch develop her story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

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