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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 the title of Wittman's most recent play?

2. Which of the following toys does Wittman object to?

3. What does Lance call his group of young businessmen?

4. Where does Wittman board a bus to?

5. What kind of car does Tasa own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lance represent to Wittman?

2. How does Gabe help out Wittman and Tasa?

3. What does Wittmann see when he has an acid flashback?

4. Who does Wittman encounter in the stockroom?

5. What does Lance do for the winners of the party?

6. Why does Wittman envy Nanci?

7. What are Tasa's conditions for hers and Wittman's relationship?

8. What does Wittman tell Nanci about his life?

9. What does Wittman do when Nanci leaves his apartment?

10. How does Wittman maintain his integrity at work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way are her life and personality reflected in the book? How does she use the novel to express her views?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Wittman's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What does Wittman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events changes Wittman's ideas about life?

3) How has Wittman's character changed by the end of the novel?

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