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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Artemisia and Pablo were originally from which country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Peru.
(c) Chile.
(d) Jamaica.
2. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?
(a) Career.
(b) Role as mother.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Life.
3. What transgression did the unnamed narrator commit during the time she was trying to conceive a child with her husband?
(a) She cheated.
(b) She gossiped.
(c) She stole.
(d) She lied.
4. How does the unnamed narrator describe the temperature of the nighttime air she encountered as she walked home at the end of Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) Balmy.
(b) Warm.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.
5. How does the narrator say it makes her feel when someone tells her "a story, a secret, a sharing of confidence" (27)?
(a) Amorous.
(b) Covetous.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Jealous.
Short Answer Questions
1. The unnamed narrator recalls wondering "what it would feel like to push" which character "over the edge" (60) of the abyss?
2. In which Italian coastal town did the unnamed narrator spend part of the summer of 2000?
3. The unnamed narrator states in Los Angeles, 2011 that it is "Remarkable how hard it is for women to admit they're" (63) what?
4. The unnamed narrator reflects in Los Angeles, 2011 that "every confidence is a kind of" (65) what?
5. What tool did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend use to combat their discomfort with a particular element of life?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the unnamed narrator feel about the dissolution of Laura's marriage?
2. What does the telephone symbolize within the section of the novel entitled Italy, 2000?
3. Discuss the epigraph Miranda Popkey includes prior to the start of the novel Topics of Conversation.
4. Describe the four characters featured at the center of the gathering in Ann Arbor, 2002.
5. What was the outcome of the tenant's story in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?
6. What emotion does the unnamed narrator name as one that is difficult for women to express?
7. How did the unnamed narrator view Artemisia during the trip to Italy in 2000 and why?
8. Describe the type of humor Popkey often uses within Topics of Conversation and provide an example.
9. In what way does Popkey send a message about the dangers of complying with patriarchy-fueled gender norms in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?
10. How does the unnamed narrator feel about society's understanding of "the woman as object" versus "the woman as subject" (45)?
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