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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 are Lyon and Anne married?

2. Why does Jennifer think no one loves her for more than her face or body?

3. What does Lyon tell Neely about the firm and their relationship with her.

4. Why does Anne get sick when she returns to her apartment?

5. How old is Jennifer going to be when she is discussing her new love?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Neely react when she realizes that she missed her sons' birthday?

2. Why does Anne say that Jennifer will always be in debt? Why is Jennifer really in debt?

3. Why do Kevin, Anne, and Neely go upstate to the sanitarium.

4. Why does Neely return from Hollywood after only three weeks of shooting?

5. What does Anne say about not marrying Lyon Burke and being changed when Henry asks her about it at lunch?

6. Why does Lyon eventually decide to drop Neely from the firm?

7. Why does Jennifer go to Switzerland?

8. Why is Jennifer so smitten with Senator Winston Adams?

9. How does Lyon find out that Anne lent him the money in secret?

10. Why is Neely so nervous to do Kevin's show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A tragic hero is a literary character who allows his or her own personality characteristics to get in the way of success and lead to his or her ultimate failure. Choose one character from Valley of The Dolls who you believe is a tragic hero. Why do you believe this character is a tragic hero? What are this person's personality characteristics that lead to his or her downfall or ultimate failure? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the two major settings of the book (New York and Hollywood). How are they similar and how are they different? Did either of these settings change the character who lived there? If so, explain how.

Essay Topic 3

In Valley of the Dolls, there is a huge emphasis put on finding a husband. Everyone but Anne seems obsessed with this idea. Is there still a huge emphasis placed on women to find husbands? If not, why do you believe this has changed? Use evidence from society and modern-day examples to support your answers.

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