Fall 2001 • ENGLISH 20 • Professor TanakaLOVE STORY QUIZ 11. LS was first published around what year?1962 1970 1986 1990 19942. Where was the first version of LS published?• The New Yorker•Ladies Home Journal•Seventeen•Atlantic Monthly3 . Which came first? BOOK FILM4. Erich Segal’s "day-job" or formal profession is:•Assistant DA for Boston•Yale University classics professor•Martial arts expert from Hollywood•Orthopedic surgeon from Boston General•House-husband in Aspen, Colorado5. Guess the GENDER of Segal’s primary audience.MALE FEMALE UNISEX6. What would you guess is the CLASS of Segal’s primary audience?WORKING CLASS MIDDLE CLASS UPPER MIDDLE CLASSFall 2001 • ENGLISH 20 • Professor TanakaLOVE STORY QUIZ 2In E20, we study novels and films by assuming that they can be analyzedsimilar to argumentative essays. So if you were doing an outline of LS(the film and novel), which of the following do you think would make thebest thesis statement (from Segal's point of view)?1. Music majors from Cranston, RI die young, because they are notcool like super-smart, super-wealthy All-Ivy prep school-educatedhockey players.2. It is all right for Catholic girls to give up their religion for a man theyreally love.3. Love conquers all of life’s problems, including those created byrace, class and age barriers.4. For a girl, having a great body and being loyal to a man are moreimportant to finding happiness than being educated or being born intoa wealthy family.5. It is OK for a girl to be strong and intelligent, but she must alwaysshow total respect for her man and satisfy his needs if she wants tolive a truly happy and comfortable life.Which of the quotations below do you think would make the best“marketing slogan” for the film?1. “Jenny isn’t a lot of things, Oliver.”2. “Forget Saks! Forget Neiman-Marcus! Forget Paris!”3. “What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl that died?”4. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”5. “Gosh! I’m going out with a real Harvard building!”The plot of LS is similar in form to what traditional story?1. Cinderella 2. Sleeping Beauty 3. Romeo and Juliet 4. Jack and
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