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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. Who is Paula waiting to meet?

2. What does Octavian not tell his wife about?

3. What kind of animal is Mingo?

4. What does Ducane toss at Mary?

5. Whose face does Ducane imagine when he looks for Pierce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Radeecy write in his suicide note?

2. How does Ducane feel about Mary?

3. Why does Binally say he tampered with Radeechy's body?

4. How does Ducane help Biranne in chapter 37?

5. What does Jessica find out about Ducane at the end of chapter 27?

6. How does Ducane react to Judy's advances?

7. How do Pierce and Ducane get themselves above the tideline?

8. Why does McGrath say the room smells so bad?

9. Why does Ducane resign from his job?

10. How have Kate's feelings for Ducane changed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) The estate.

2) Ducane's womanizing .

3) The occult.

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 two of the following people and outline their influence on Ducane during the story:

1. Willy.

2. Jessica.

3. Kate.

4. Biranne.

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