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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. When Laura got a new job in California and her husband Dylan did not want to move, what did they do?
2. What transgression did the unnamed narrator commit during the time she was trying to conceive a child with her husband?
3. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?
4. At the end of the section entitled San Francisco 2010, the unnamed narrator recalls having forgotten that her dark-haired friend had eyes of what color?
5. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her friend Laura?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the type of humor Popkey often uses within Topics of Conversation and provide an example.
2. Describe the interactive element of the Swedish artist's exhibition.
3. Discuss the epigraph Miranda Popkey includes prior to the start of the novel Topics of Conversation.
4. For what reason was the narrator in Italy in the summer of 2000?
5. At the end of the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011, the unnamed narrator describes an act she took with a teapot. What was it?
6. What is the main setting featured within the section entitled San Francisco, 2010?
7. What information about the unnamed narrator's romantic life does the reader learn in Italy, 2000?
8. How did the unnamed narrator view Artemisia during the trip to Italy in 2000 and why?
9. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between "the woman as object" and "the woman as subject" (45)?
10. Describe the four characters featured at the center of the gathering in Ann Arbor, 2002.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the final passages in Topics of Conversation and one of the novel's main messages. How does Popkey make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Write a critical essay about Topics of Conversation while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
What message does Popkey send within the pages of Topics of Conversation concerning the link between secrecy and control?
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