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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 kind of woman does Jessica tell Willy she is?

2. What has Ducane received permission to search?

3. What language are Barbara and Ducane speaking together?

4. Who does Octavian suggest they telephone?

5. What day does Ducane want McGrath to visit him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ducane envious of Willy?

2. What does Judy say her and Radeechy did in the vaults?

3. Why does Pierce say he has been hiding the cat?

4. Why does Kate think it is wonderful to fall in love with an old friend?

5. How are the main characters connected?

6. Describe the meeting between Kate and Fiver.

7. Why does Theo puzzle Mary?

8. What does Willy think about Mary?

9. What does Mary tell Ducane is making her unhappy?

10. What did McGrath use to do for Radeechy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Replace the play's London setting with one of the following cities:

1. New York.

2. Paris.

3. Chicago.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine what expresses about 1960s society:

1) The estate.

2) Ducane's womanizing .

3) The occult.

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