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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. Where is Joe buried?

2. What does Myra say when Henry calls to ask her to run away with him, in Chapter 23?

3. Who is the father of Myra's baby?

4. What does Will throw into Joe's grave?

5. What does Myra give Henry after he leaves New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's visit to Denver to see Claire.

2. What does Henry think about finding the job of forest ranger?

3. Why does Henry return to New York?

4. What does Henry remember of his father at the funeral?

5. What are Henry's thoughts when he arrives in St. Louis?

6. What is Henry's experience finding work in New York?

7. What does Henry dream in the postlude?

8. What is the farm like when Will comes back from the war, and what does he do to take over?

9. Describe Joe's death.

10. What does Henry lose on his way home?

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

What does drinking represent in 'Fool's Progress'? What ideas or feelings is it associated with? What is Henry doing by drinking? Celebrating something, hiding something, avoiding something? What is it, and how does Abbey describe it?

Essay Topic 3

Henry and Elaine argue about Elaine not having orgasms. If orgasms are not the goal of Henry's treatment of women, what is? What fulfillments does he offer a woman? What does he offer instead of orgasms?

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