Conversations with Friends Quiz

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How does Frances' mom talk to her about her dad? (from Chapters 18 - 23)

Frances' mom encourages her daughter's resentment of her dad.

Frances' mom defends Frances' dad's actions despite Frances' dad's alcoholism.

Frances' mom frankly answers her daughter's questions about her parents' marriage.

Frances' mom tells her she owes a filial duty to her dad, despite his dissolute lifestyle.

Why do Bobbi and Nick rekindle their romantic relationships with Frances? (from Chapters 24 - 31)

She becomes more emotionally expressive towards them, and she takes ownership of her feelings.

Neither Bobbi nor Nick makes a conscious decision to date Frances again.

Both Bobbi and Nick assume they will be in monogamous relationships with Frances.

Frances candidly asks both of them to come back to her.

Which sentence best describes a way in which Melissa and Frances are alike? (from Chapters 12 - 17)

Both women end their flirtations with Bobbi while staying at the guest house in France.

Both women are the dominant partners in their romantic relationships with Nick.

Both women express their feelings to Nick more easily than they do to other men.

Both women are in awe of Bobbi.

How could Frances' endometriosis affect her? (from Chapters 24 - 31)

Sex may become painful, and childbearing may become difficult or impossible.

She may be more likely to experience miscarriages.

She may experience severe blood loss.

Birth control may become ineffective as a pain management tool.

Which is the of the following statements is the best indication that the representation of relationship structures in this novel is amoral? (from Chapters 24 - 31)

Nick tells his wife about his girlfriend, but he does not break up with either woman.

Bobbi says marriage is a hierarchical institution that privileges patrilineal inheritance.

Frances' fellow graduate students do not openly confront her about having an affair with a married man.

Frances, who is bisexual, dates a woman and a man.Frances, who is bisexual, dates a woman and a man.