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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 with her when she gets to the hotel?

2. What happens in the courtroom immediately after Annabel spoke?

3. What does Annabel say when Luigi asks if Frederick was jealous of him?

4. What does Billy speak to Annabel about in the hotel?

5. When Billy reads Frederick's note to his mother out loud to Annabel at first what does she feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the phone rang insistently in Annabel's room, despite instructions to hold calls, Billy answered it and said the police were downstairs. What would the police want?

2. Annabel still lies in bed, thinking that she would have to tell Frederick not to speak of the party, no one would believe there had been a party if they both denied it. How was she dealing with the fact of Fredericks death?

3. Billy started to tell Annabel about Frederick's suicide notes, and when his words had finally registered, she got hysterical and began to scream. Was Annabel having a sort of mini breakdown?

4. Annabel reads the note to her and it's the same lies as to his mother. What does Annabel have to disprove?

5. When Annabel and Luigi and Billy had dinner together, Luigi didn't see any reason for her lawyer to come but Billy thought it was very important. Do we find out why?

6. Danya, who Annabel was going to visit in the hospital, had told many nurses and several doctors that she had been in love with Frederick along with numerous other young women. How does her meeting with Annabel go?

7. Luigi came to see Annabel and he told her that she had been wonderful on television. The orgy story is killed. Everyone knows that Frederick died after being pursued by many woman. Will Annabel have Marina at the inquest?

8. Annabel lies in bed, in Chapter V, thinking about the press conference. It had gone off reasonably well for a first news break. As to how the press conference had actually gone, would it seem that Annabel had still maintained control?

9. Danya's parents meet with Annabel after her meeting with Danya and they thank Annabel for coming to visit their daughter. Will they meet with Annabel again?

10. Luigi spoke of Frederick's note to his mother. He said, as did Billy,that letters to mothers were eaten up by the public and it would have finished Annabel's career. It certainly would have destroyed her public image. Anabel said that she was hungry and Luigi said that she shouldn't be tempted. was he talking about what she eats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Annabel and Frederick decided to have a baby. How did the baby impact on their relationship? What was the role of the baby in both their lives? Give examples of how involved they were as parents.

Essay Topic 2

What exactly is meant by a public image and how is it achieved? How did having a public image affect the lives of Annabel and Frederick? Without their public images, how different do you think Annabel and Frederick's lives would have been?

Essay Topic 3

Sometimes, when we finish a book, we are dissatisfied with the ending. Would you change the ending of the Public Image? How would you change it?

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