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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. Where is Amory going when he gets sick when he is 13?

2. What does Amory think of all the kids he goes to school with?

3. What do Amory and his new friend at college do to entertain themselves?

4. Who does Burne walk with when he hears about the reform movement?

5. What major sickness does Amory get when he is 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Amory is heading to Europe when he is 13?

2. What happens when Isabelle and Amory have their first fight?

3. What does Amory ask of Tom in his letter to him during the Interlude?

4. How does Princeton feel about the changes in Burne in Amory's junior year of college?

5. What does Burne challenge the college newspaper about in Amory's junior year of college?

6. What happens to Burne in Amory's junior year of college?

7. What is the title of the poem that Monsignor Darcy writes to Amory during the Interlude?

8. How does Amory feel after confronting Burne about the changes he makes in Amory's junior year of college?

9. What happens when Amory visits with Clara after her husband dies?

10. How does Amory spend his first day at Princeton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters are most affected by this theme? Which relationships are the most significant to the plot and why?

Essay Topic 2

Compassion was a virtue that was needed and employed by some of the main characters. What are some of the main instances of this virtue, and how are those characters affected?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

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