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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. Yale's lover in 1986 is said to shown up about how often?
2. Fiona tells Jake that the photograph showing her in the hospital with a man is a photo of whom?
3. Whose grave does Richard suggest Fiona look for while she is in Paris?
4. The argument Yale and Julian get into over a dental item actually has to do with what larger subject?
5. What is the name of the man with whom Fiona begins an affair?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the setting of Fiona's meeting with Claire.
2. In what way does the narrator describe Fiona's feelings during the birth of Claire?
3. Who brings Fiona's daughter Claire to her for the first time and how does Fiona react?
4. How does Fiona injure her hand during her conversation with Jake?
5. How does Fiona describe the setting in which Nico had died?
6. Describe the symbolism of Roscoe.
7. When Yale speaks to his father over the phone, the narrator reveals that Yale has not told his father about what subjects?
8. What subject is Fiona talking about when she unknowingly injures herself?
9. What is Fiona's main concern about people finding out that she has slept with Jake?
10. What simile is used to indicate how Julian feels about Roscoe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Makkai send within the pages of The Great Believers concerning the definition of family?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does the music motif appear within The Great Believers and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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