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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. Which hate group turns up at the gay pride parade in Chicago?
2. Yale's father tells Yale, "I can never tell if you're being" (322) what?
3. From what activity does Fiona always pick Claire up before taking her back to the furniture store?
4. What emotion does Fiona feel in relation to the possibility of watching video of "Nico alive" (185)?
5. Yale finds out at the pride parade what information about Roman?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Fiona describe the setting in which Nico had died?
2. What information does Fiona tell Jake about the friendship between Julian and Nico?
3. When Yale speaks to his father over the phone, the narrator reveals that Yale has not told his father about what subjects?
4. What is ironic about Charlie's relationship with Julian?
5. At what age had Claire started to help Fiona in the furniture store and what tasks had she performed?
6. Describe the setting of Fiona's meeting with Claire.
7. In what way does the narrator describe Fiona's feelings during the birth of Claire?
8. Who is waiting for Yale when he returns home from a business trip and who is also home, but does not reveal himself?
9. Who is Dan?
10. Explain Fiona's acquisition of Nico's friends as her own friends.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Makkai in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Great Believers. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Makkai’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze The Great Believers from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Nico's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Makkai in depicting Nico and include in your discussion the reasons that Makkai portrays Nico and his loved ones’ reactions to Nico’s death in these particular ways.
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