Conversations with Friends Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which of the following sentences best describes the significance of Frances and Bobbi's prior break up? (from Chapters 6 - 11)

Each woman has unresolved feelings about the breakup.

Each woman has idealized the other since their break up.

Each woman envies the other's beauty and intelligence, each feeling that the other lost a better partner.

Frances and Bobbi's strongest bond is a repressed, mutually acknowledged sexual attraction.

2.

Which of the following sentences provides the best argument that Frances is the protagonist? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

She talks more than the other characters.

The reader is always sympathetic to her point of view.

She uses the word “I” in her narrative.

Her actions move the plot forward.

3.

When Bobbi reveals Nick's attraction to Frances, how does Melissa react? (from Chapters 12 - 17)

She shows concern for Nick.

She doubts Bobbi's assertion.

She shows concern for Frances.

She asks Frances to leave the guest house.

4.

Why is Bobbi upset by Frances' first published short story? (from Chapters 24 - 31)

She believes Frances' characterization of her is inaccurate.

She is jealous of Frances' writing ability.

She believes Frances should not write about people she loves.

She believes Frances should have confessed her romantic feelings to Bobbi before writing about them.

5.

Frances' narrative is in the past tense, so she can choose how to frame it. Which event does she recount to the reader first? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

She recounts the first time Bobbi and she visited Melissa and Nick Conway's guest house in France.

She recounts the first time Bobbi and she visited Melissa and Nick Conway's house.

She recounts her high school breakup with Bobbi.

She recounts her first memory of her parents' fighting.

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