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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 set on fire during the housewarming party?

2. How did the game Henry and Will and their friends played against their rivals end?

3. Who is the first guest at Henry's housewarming party?

4. How does Henry respond when he was called back to work from a smoke break?

5. What does Henry think the add-on building would be good for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Van Hoss tell Henry about Bildad?

2. What is Henry's plan when he sets out on his trip?

3. What is Henry's dog's name, and what is its symbolism?

4. What does Henry think about Albuquerque when he stops there?

5. Describe Henry's dinner with Van Hoss.

6. What do Henry's parents say about him?

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

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

9. What is Henry's relationship with the landscape?

10. What is Henry's routine for his road trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Abbey's feelings about women? Are there women who make exceptions to his general feelings? What role does feminism play in 'Fool's Progress'? In what ways are women powerful creatures, who are already in charge of things?

Essay Topic 2

Henry Lightcap is a Hedonist of the first order--how does Abbey feel about sensual pleasures, and is there a contradiction in *reading* about pleasures of the flesh?

Essay Topic 3

How does Abbey feel about death? Henry Lightcap approaches it with bravado and panache, but what are Abbey's feelings about it, as the author?

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