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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 Henry try to qualify for in the military?

2. What is Myra's response to Henry's new job?

3. What is set on fire during the housewarming party?

4. How does Henry see the landscape when he arrives in Albuquerque?

5. Where is Henry sent instead of Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry do after Elaine leaves?

2. How does Henry fall in love with the West?

3. What does Henry learn from his military experience?

4. Describe Henry's arrival at Van Hoss's place.

5. Who is Red Ginter and what role does he play in Henry Lightcap's childhood?

6. Who is Roggoway, and what is Henry's interaction with him?

7. What does Henry think about cooking, and Elaine's cooking in particular?

8. Describe Henry's relationship with his brother Will.

9. What does Henry find when he gets to the bank?

10. How would you characterize Henry Lightcap's relationships with women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is the prelude a representation of the book as a whole? What theme does it introduce, and how is that theme developed?

Essay Topic 2

Assess the claim that in Henry Lightcap, Edward Abbey is dramatizing Thoreau's instruction to 'simplify, simplify, simplify'? In what ways is Henry Lightcap simplifying his life? In what ways is he always complicating it? What is the value of the simplicity he espouses?

Essay Topic 3

Henry Lightcap's family is half-Shawnee. How much do Native American values matter in 'Fool's Progress'? How is this side of Henry's history represented? Make the argument that 'Fool's Progress' is a novel about the Native American experience. Or make the argument that it is not.

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