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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 dessert made by his mother does Oscar bring on his date with Casey in Chapter 21?

2. What is Vera's last name?

3. What do Casey's father and stepmother ask her for at the restaurant in Chapter 28?

4. Casey says in Chapter 38 that "... no woman has ever told me that" what " was her destiny" (349)?

5. Where does Casey go with Oscar and his sons to play miniature golf in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Casey respond to Silas's messages in Chapter 34? Why?

2. What happens after the reading in Chapter 38?

3. How does Casey's relationship progress with Oscar in Chapters 34 and 35?

4. What causes Casey inner conflict on her date with Silas in Chapter 32?

5. What is Casey's second date with Oscar like? Where do they go?

6. How does Casey respond to seeing Silas at Iris in Chapter 21?

7. Why does Casey worry after leaving her manuscript at Muriel's apartment in Chapter 22?

8. What is Casey's first date with Silas like?

9. How does Muriel describe her trip in Chapter 39?

10. What happens on Casey's third date with Silas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of reliability and commitment versus the unexpected and unknown in Writers & Lovers. How do these themes contrast one another? What character(s) represent stability? What character(s) represent the unknown?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Writers & Lovers. From what perspective is the story related? Why is this important in terms of plot, character development, and theme? How would the novel change if the narrative style came from a different perspective or tense?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of language in Writers & Lovers. What are examples of metaphors, similes, and other elements of imagery that are employed in the work? What effects do these examples have on the reader? How does the use of language in the novel relate to its themes?

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