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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 is the name of Susan's husband?
2. What monarch's reign did Old Joe Hunt ask his students about on the third day of class, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
3. What did the narrator's mother attribute as the reason that Adrian killed himself?
4. What did Veronica tell the narrator that the only purpose of a woman's period was?
5. Phil Dixon related to his class that T. S. Eliot claimed it is all about what, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the protagonist's response to Adrian's letter regarding Veronica in Chapter 1?
2. Who is the protagonist in The Sense of an Ending? How would you describe this character?
3. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?
4. Why do the protagonist and his friends urge Adrian to investigate his parents' divorce in Chapter 1?
5. What does the letter from Adrian say regarding Veronica in Chapter 1?
6. How does the narrator describe his high school? Where is the school located?
7. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?
8. How is Veronica's visit to London described when she goes to meet the protagonist's friends?
9. What led to the protagonist's divorce?
10. Why is the protagonist angered by the fact that Adrian is labeled as mentally disturbed regarding his suicide?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the protagonist unable to obtain the second document that was left to him by Mrs. Ford in her will? How does he attempt to obtain this document? What information do you think is/was revealed in this document? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impacts of Adrian's suicide in the novel. What reasons does Adrian give in his suicide letter for his actions? How does the protagonist respond to these justifications in Adrian's suicide note? How does Adrian's death affect the narrator?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrator/protagonist's experiences when he visits the Ford family home. How does the narrator regard Mr. Ford? What are his impressions of Jack? Why is the narrator taken aback by his exchange with Mrs. Ford?
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