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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. On page 59, what does the narrator compare the summer to?
2. After Nobby gets rid of his dog, what does he tell his landlady happened to it?
3. What does Poor offer his friends as a way to get back in their good graces?
4. In his discussion of Syl's behavior with women, what does the narrator compare women to?
5. Why does Gallows suggest that Pat be the one to go in and ask for a hotel room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tactics does Syl use to try to get Pat to sleep with him that violate modern Western standards of consent?
2. What story about finding money did Alfy once tell Gallows?
3. What details does the narrator give about the excursion crowd's clothing and the things they are carrying, and what do these details imply?
4. When the friends come to Bat's apartment to ask for their money back, what does the narrator mean when he says that Bat "shake the lists as if they was cheques" (60)?
5. Explain Matilda's "excursion" plan.
6. What about the timing of the mens' plan to buy a house makes the narrator think they were never serious to begin with?
7. How did Nobby end up with a dog?
8. What function do the historical details offered during the Hamdon Court excursion serve?
9. How did Harry end up in London, and what point does the narrator say this illustrates?
10. What irony does the narrator point out in the way men treat women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do some research on portrayals of West Indians in the literature and culture of Britain prior to the 1970's. Write an essay that places The Housing Lark within this context, making and defending a claim about whether or not The Housing Lark functions as an act of opposition to the dominant culture in this time and place. Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that explicates and analyzes the novel's implicit comparison of white, Western readers of The Housing Lark with the tourists on the river Thames at Hamdon Court. How does the novel make this comparison? Why does it make this comparison? Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explicating the possible purposes of the parallels between techniques used in The Housing Lark and in calypso music. Show what these parallels are, providing evidence for the similarities you identify. Then, explain how these parallels support meaning--for instance, by creating atmosphere and conveying ideas. Support your ideas with evidence from the text, and cite all sources in MLA format.
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