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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 decide to drink instead of Gerard's champagne?

2. What does Crimond say Tamar came as?

3. What kind of system does Gerard tell Crimond can change itself?

4. What does Rose think Violet looks like when she puts on her glasses?

5. Who found Tamar a job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tamar finally agree to give up her studies?

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

4. What is the matter with Tamar at the reading party?

5. Why are the group worried about Jean?

6. What happens at Lily's house when first Tamar and then Gulliver visits her?

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

8. Why do the group decide to support Crimond?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1980s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Duncan and Crimond:

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

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