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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 Gulliver say is appealing about Rose Curtland?

2. What country is Conrad from?

3. What kind of marriages does Jean's father disapprove of?

4. What does Rose say Jean once stood on her head in?

5. What is the name of Gideon's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Violet want Tamar to give up her studies?

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

3. Why do the group decide to support Crimond?

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

5. How is Jean and Crimond's relationship affecting Duncan?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Tamar fall into a deep depression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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