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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 does Amory go after his experience with Eleanor?

2. What do Eleanor and Amory send each other after their summer together?

3. What is Eleanor's last name?

4. Where is Amory's work published after he stops drinking?

5. What do Amory and Eleanor do together the night before Amory leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does one of Rosalind's former suitors say about her, and how does Amory feel about this?

2. What does Mrs. Connage say to Rosalind when she sees a relationship budding between Amory and her daughter?

3. What happens when Amory's friend is about to get in trouble with the police in Atlantic City?

4. Who does Amory see in Atlantic City, and how does this make him feel?

5. What happens when Amory gets to the hotel he was invited to while in Atlantic City?

6. What happens when Amory proposes to Rosalind?

7. What does Amory hear when he wakes up in the hotel in Atlantic City?

8. What law does Amory's friend break while in Atlantic City?

9. What news does Amory receive when he gets back to New York after his trip to Atlantic City?

10. What does Amory do at the very end of the book, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Power and Greed were two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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