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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. How does Henry recall he hurt Elaine's feelings?

2. Who is Myra?

3. What does Henry find when he wakes up after the party?

4. What is Henry's dog's name?

5. What was Henry's primary love in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's relationships at the beginning of the novel.

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

3. What does Henry do after Elaine leaves?

4. What does Van Hoss tell Henry about Bildad?

5. What does Henry learn from his military experience?

6. Describe Will's decision to fight in WWII and its effect on the family.

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

8. What happens when Henry calls in to work?

9. When and why does Henry begin hitchhiking?

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

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

How consistent is 'Fool's Progress'? Do the characterizations established in the first few chapters hold true for the rest of the book? How are any exceptions dealt with? Does the book end close to where it started?

Essay Topic 3

In chapter two, Joe remarks that Henry is in for a troubled life, and Lorraine says that at least it won't be a dull life. In what ways is Henry troubled? In what ways is his life the opposite of dull? (In what ways is he hardly troubled? In what ways is his life dull?)

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