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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 kind of look does Rose say Jean is sporting at the ball?

2. Who does Rose want to ask her to dance?

3. What does Jenkin say Crimond's Marxism is?

4. What did the printers Gulliver worked at specialize in?

5. What did Gulliver study at university?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the group's attitude towards Crimond start to change?

4. How do Jenkin and Gerard plan to persuade Jean to return to Duncan?

5. What impassioned spech does Jean give about her and Crimond's relationship?

6. Why does Crimond and Jean's plan go wrong?

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

8. How do Crimond and Jean plan to kill themselves?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

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 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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