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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 Tert Card's reaction to Quoyle's piece about oil tankers?
2. What used to cause thousands of wrecks per year?
3. Why does the dinner begin with tears?
4. What is the audience reaction when Sunshine calls out to Bunny and Marty?
5. What is Jack jealous of?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is Bunny's attention-seeking during the restaurant dinner important?
2. In what way does Quoyle fail Nutbeem?
3. In what way is the short scene involving his bath important to our understanding of Quoyle's inner journey?
4. What conclusions can be drawn about the origin of the money Agnis receives?
5. What interesting plot lines are dealt with in this chapter?
6. In what sense is the new boat symbolic?
7. What is important about Quoyle's encounter with Cousin Nolan?
8. In what ways are descriptions of interior environment, specifically the Heavy weather bar and the Burke house, connected to the characters of Quoyle and Tert Card in Chapter 34?
9. From the description of it in this chapter, is it possible Quoyle would enjoy living in Nutbeem's trailer?
10. Comment on the reception given Quoyle's piece about oil tankers.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Reflect about the idea that we are shaped by our childhood.
1) In what ways have Quoyle's childhood experiences formed his character and shaped his adult life?
2) In what ways have his own experiences given him insight into the world of his children?
3) Have these experiences made him overly protective of his daughters?
Essay Topic 2
THE SHIPPING NEWS is a novel that is dominated by landscape and weather.
1)Discuss the extent to which you agree with this statement.
2)To what extent is there correlation between the external world and the characters' lives?
3) Consider how this happens in a novel or film from your general reading and viewing, and compare it with THE SHIPPING NEWS.
Essay Topic 3
'Someone breaking free of the past.'
1) What kind of past is Quoyle breaking fee of and how does he achieve this?
2) Consider Agnis' past and its association with Quoyle's Point. How is she able to surmount the hideous experiences of her childhood?
Discuss with close reference to the novel.
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