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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 Dennis tell Mr. Schultz Dennis needs?

2. Who does Aimée write about to the columnist a second time?

3. What does Aimée tell Mr. Joyboy about what she wrote her note on?

4. What does Dennis do as he is waiting for the fire to finish its work?

5. Who is in a foul mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dennis start wooing Aimée?

2. What does the narrator explain about Aimée and where she was raised at the opening of this chapter?

3. What happens when Aimée calls Mr. Slump at a pub, and what does she do as a result of the conversation?

4. How do Dennis' poems help Aimée feel better and what does she do with one of them?

5. What is different between Aimée's first engagement compared to that of the one to Mr. Lovejoy?

6. What does Mr. Joyboy say about his mother when Aimée asks about her and how does this conversation lead to another discovery about Dennis?

7. What do Dennis and Aimée do at Lovers' Nook?

8. What does Aimée write to the columnist about Dennis?

9. What does Dennis learn from Erroll Bartholomew?

10. How does Aimée react to the latest love poem from Dennis, and what does she not realize about the poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Loved One based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Loved One is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider The Loved One a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Evelyn Waugh.

2. What in Waugh's background may have helped him in writing The Loved One? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Loved One. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Waugh chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Waugh chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Waugh's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Waugh use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

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