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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 word used by Nev Charles in an interview refers to pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune?

2. What was the first book by Martin Luther King Jr.?

3. Where was Jimmy Curtis born and raised?

4. Who was Nev's first piano teacher?

5. When did JBJ (Jonathan Benjus Jr.) inherit Aural Media from his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Opal's attire for the Rivington Showcase described?

2. What disorder caused Opal embarrassment and bullying growing up?

3. Who is Rosemary Salducci?

4. How and why was the Rivington Showcase conceptualized?

5. What was the relationship between Opal and Nev like when they first began recording?

6. How did Jimmy Curtis die?

7. Why was Opal reluctant to perform in the Rivington Showcase? What changed her mind?

8. How did the Black community respond to Opal and Nev when they first started out?

9. What tragic event ultimately led to Nev moving to New York?

10. Why was Nev's choice of Opal as a musical partner ironic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss Sunny as the narrator and protagonist of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev. What are Sunny's circumstances like when the novel begins? How do her circumstances change in the course of the story? How does Sunny's character evolve?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Virgil LaFleur in The Final Revival of Opal & Nev. What is Virgil's relationship to Opal? How would you describe his character? How does Virgil's character arc develop over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical context and setting of Nev's childhood and young adulthood. Where did Nev grow up? What was his family like? Where did Nev go to school and college? What did he study? How did the historical events of this time period impact Nev's outlook on life?

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