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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. In which part of New York is Bronzine in this section?

2. What traumatic event happened to Matt when he was six?

3. What is the season in part four?

4. What is Zapruder's film about?

5. What is happening in August 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Clyde Tolson?

2. What is the scene at the Yankee stadium when Manx arrives?

3. What do we find out about Carlo Strasse in this section?

4. How does Bruce describe the President's decorator?

5. Describe Moonman's work,

6. How does the author describe Lenny Bruce?

7. What does Matt want Janet to tell him?

8. Describe Lenny Bruce's performance in Miami in October 1962?

9. How does Nick get a job at the soft drink company?

10. What does this section say about how society is changing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is post modernism? In what way is Don De Lillo a post modern writer?

Essay Topic 2

What role does baseball play in the lives of the character? What reasons does the author give for baseball's popularity? What role does baseball play in American society? Why do you think it has become so popular?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Lenny Bruce? Why does the author include him as a character in his novel?

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