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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 democracy does Crimond say they have at the moment?

2. What kind of course did Violet do to get a better job?

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

4. What is the one thing Jean says her and Crimond rarely discuss?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Duncan and Jean reconcile?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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