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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 surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
2. Who is Mrs. Corning?
3. What color dress does Mimi buy for her husband's leave?
4. How does Mr. Durant plan to get rid of the stray dog?
5. What is the "rotten news" that Mimi's husband brings with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the poems "I Know I Have Been Happiest" and "I Shall Come Back" have in common?
2. In the story "Dusk Before Fireworks," why does Kit try to pretend that she is not bothered by the attention that other women pay to Hobie?
3. Why is the girl in "The Sexes" rude to the young man?
4. How might Mrs. Martindale solve Mrs. Wyman's problem and her own at the same time?
5. Why is Mimi upset by her husband's compliment about her black dress in "The Lovely Leave"?
6. In the short story, "The Wonderful Old Gentleman," what influence has the Old Gentleman had on the Bains' lives in the five years that he has lived with them?
7. Compare the poems "Social Note" and "For An Unknown Lady."
8. What is the cause of the underlying tension between the young bride and the groom in "Here We Are"?
9. What do the poems "Interview" and "Neither Bloody Nor Bowed" have in common?
10. What trouble does the man in "You Were Perfectly Fine" create when he lies about remembering the taxi ride?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Dorothy Parker's criticisms of modern life. How does she attack consumerism and societal "niceties"? What aspects of modern culture does she find fault with? What are the negative consequences of such behaviors? Be sure to provide specific examples and quotations as support for your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Dorothy Parker often portrays the relationship between men and women as adversarial. Support this observation by providing and analyzing evidence from both her short stories and her poetry. Be sure to use specific examples and quotations when appropriate.
Essay Topic 3
Suicide plays a recurring role in many of Dorothy Parker's poems and in some short stories. Examine the role that suicide plays in both her poetry and her short stories. What seems to be her attitude toward suicide and those who attempt or commit it? What circumstances drive characters toward suicide? How do these details compare to Parker's own life? How might her own experiences have influenced her writing?
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