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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. When do the Feddens usually go to Chez Claude?

2. Where is the last place Nick sees Leo alive?

3. Who is Mr. Leverton?

4. What happens to Nick's walnut bed?

5. What does Nick's mother offer to send to Nick for the Feddens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nick suggest that he has helped make the restaurant Gusto a success?

4. What is Wobbly Thursday?

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

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

7. Why is Rachel so upset with Nick?

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

9. What does Nick fear most after reading the Edelman book?

10. How does Nick know Nat Henmer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how issues of class interrelate with issues of sexuality. Is Nick's experience as a gay man different than Polly's or Wani's or Leo's? Explain how their experiences are different using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Deconstruct the concept of the "line of beauty". Find examples of when this term is used and explain all of the different meanings the "line of beauty" has throughout the text.

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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