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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 Dee want to write her thesis about?
2. What publication does Jack Best work for?
3. How much money does Peter and Mitch's backer put up?
4. What surprising statement does Samantha give Jimmy when he comes for an interview?
5. Where does Julian find his father-in-law when he goes to request more money?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Joe feel about the news that Samantha is leaving film, and what does he do about it?
2. Why does Peter go to work at Meunier's?
3. How does the novel open? What characters are introduced? Where are they? Why are they there? What set-up is given right away about Dee and her future?
4. Why does Julian blame his wife, Sarah, for his impotency?
5. Whose names does Mitch use to set up the bank accounts he and Peter will need? Why does he choose these names?
6. Why does Peter Usher become so upset with Charles Lampeth at the reception?
7. What party do Samantha and Tom attend and what crucial event happens there?
8. Why does Julian visit Samantha yet again and what does he observe about her and Tom?
9. Who is Anita and how does she play a part in the decisions that Samantha is about to make?
10. What point does Samantha attempt to make about the movies she has made and the movies that she wants to make?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After speaking with Anita, Samantha makes a decision that she takes to her agent. There she explains how she feels about her career. Explain her feelings and analyze how these thoughts are idealistic in an industry where everyone is out to make a great deal of money.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a character that you believe is morally ambiguous yet plays an important role in the novel. Explain how the character can be viewed as such and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the whole novel.
Essay Topic 3
What emotional journey does Samantha take from the start of the novel to its completion? Why does Follett include this character in the novel other than her being a thread that ties the mystery?
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