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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 is Stephen Lewis' profession?

2. What does Stephen find is strained with Julie at her house?

3. In what category does Stephen submit his first book to Gott?

4. What does Stephen wonder if he did too soon with Julie?

5. Who does Julie ignore after Kate's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hashish become Lemonade?

2. What does Julie do that makes Stephen angry with Julie?

3. When Julie came back from Chilterns, why were she and Stephen only able to stay together briefly?

4. What is Stephen's memory about bicycles that he wants to remember with his family, and why does it bring about some fear and regret in him?

5. How did Charles make the move into politics?

6. How does Stephen look for Kate when she disappears?

7. How is Julie described in Chapter 1?

8. What happens when Stephen submits his first novel to Gott's?

9. How is Stephen Lewis described in Chapter 1?

10. Why did Stephen take Kate to the market alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the power of the press in The Child in Time. Is the press objective? Why or why not? What kind of media bias do they reveal? How are they influenced?

Essay Topic 2

Love is a recurring theme in The Child In Time. How does Julie's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has she expanded her awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Julie? How does her feelings for Stephen develop and change and how does her relationship with him contrast with that of other men that she has had romantic or an idealized relationship with?

Essay Topic 3

Certain relationships create a good foundation for the story. When Stephen asks his parents about his bicycle memory by the sea, they all interact in a very convincing manner.

Describe why this relationship is believable.

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