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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 project does Jenny begin in Vienna?
2. What friend's house does Duncan like to spend the night at?
3. Where do Garp and Jenny plan to go after Garp's graduation?
4. What form of revenge does Garp get on Bonkers?
5. Who was Robert Muldoon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Garp not approve of in Mrs. Ralph's life?
2. How is Garp's second novel received?
3. Why do Garp and Helen decide to have a third child?
4. What bad driving habit does Garp have when he's coming home?
5. Why does Jenny take so many classes at Steering?
6. Why does Jenny leave Wellesley?
7. How does Ellen James fit into Garp's family?
8. What plan does Helen come up with for helping Harrison and Alice's marriage?
9. What does Jenny's insistence that she continue to wear her nurse's uniform symbolize?
10. What does Garp's dream (when Duncan is at Ralph's house) symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gender roles and gender identity are very present in _The World According to Garp_. Choose threemain characters from the text and discuss how their non-traditional gender roles break cultural norms and stereotypes. Make sure to use specific examples and quotations from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 2
_The World According to Garp_ is a very complicated novel. Write an essay addressing what you believe to be the main theme, i.e., the one that rises above all the other themes. Make sure to use examples to support your position.
Essay Topic 3
The majority of characters in _The World According to Garp_ are minor characters that only appear for a chapter or two. Choose three minor characters and discuss what literary devices Irving uses to define each character despite his or her brief appearance in the story.
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