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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 Gerald win at the tombola table?

2. Where is Catherine staying after the scandal breaks?

3. What does Mrs. Avison teach?

4. When do the Feddens usually go to Chez Claude?

5. In the photograph that Gerald has hung in the first floor lavatory of Kensington Park Gardens, who is Gerald shaking hands with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wani say he is having a feature on in the premiere issue of Ogee?

2. Why is Rachel so upset with Nick?

3. According to Catherine, what is Gerald's view of his constituents?

4. What does the Gauguin painting "Le Matin aux Champs" represent, according to Catherine?

5. Describe the game of welly-whanging.

6. What happens to the Ouradi's first son?

7. What is Wobbly Thursday?

8. How is Lionel able to get in the house without alerting the press?

9. How does the news of the affair between Gerald and Penny break in the media?

10. How does Nick think it is best to deal with Catherine when she is on an "up curve"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the concepts of the "line of beauty" is the ogee arch. Explain the symbolism of the ogee and find examples of when this image appears in the text. What does the ogee mean to Nick? What about the Ogee company? How does its curve reflect the highs and lows of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the use of euphemism in the text. What major things are never talked about and which seemingly problematic issues are discussed? How does this reveal the cultural sensibilities of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the politics at play in the novel. It is the time of the "Tory Revolution." Explain the effects that politics have on the plot.

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