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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 color does Gerald have the front door at Kensington Park Gardens painted in order to impress the Prime Minister?

2. Who is the only one in the house excited about the Tippers' arrival?

3. What is the article that Nick writes about?

4. What does M. Mitterand say is the "supreme political virtue"?

5. Who has Catherine run into while she is out looking for real estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sally Tipper look like?

2. How does Barry Groom react to his meeting with the Prime Minister?

3. What does Jonty Stafford tell Catherine about the Hotel Diocletian?

4. What is Wobbly Thursday?

5. What is on the cover of the premiere issue of Ogee?

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

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

8. Who is Nat getting married to?

9. What does Penny document in her diary?

10. Describe the game of welly-whanging.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the media in the text? Begin by looking at the discussion of the "Mordant Analyst" on the opening pages and continue to the effects of the tabloids on the characters at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

The context of the novel is Great Britain in the 1980s. How would the plot be different if it took place in another time period? Why is this time period necessary to reveal subtleties of plot --AIDS scare, economics, politics, etc.?

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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