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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 Dangerfield think about as he has sex with Miss Frost?

2. What does Dangerfield receive in the mail in Chapter 17?

3. What prompts Dangerfield to run from the house?

4. What news does O'Keefe share with Dangerfield when he meets him in Dublin?

5. What is one of the first things Mary does when she gets to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between Dangerfield and Lilly end?

2. Why is Dangerfield so devastated by the terms of his father's will?

3. How does Dangerfield's move from Dublin to London show the difference between poverty and wealth?

4. What is the relationship between Dangerfield and Miss Frost at this point?

5. How does Dangerfield's upswing in Chapter 19 come at the expense of Mary and O'Keefe?

6. Why is Miss Frost so conflicted by having sex with Dangerfield?

7. What news is assumed to be true about Clocklan?

8. Who is the last person in his Dublin experience that Dangerfield visits before leaving for London?

9. Contrast the worlds of Mary and Dangerfield.

10. What objective has O'Keefe still not attained in his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poverty and wealth is an important theme in DA. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Does Donleavy end the novel on a note of hope for Dangerfield or the continuance of his struggle to come to terms with his flawed relationship with Mary? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the ongoing conflict between Dangerfield and Marion. What are the main sources of the conflicts? Why does it perpetuate? What does Dangerfield learn about the reality of his life with Marion as opposed to the illusions he has held for so long?

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