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The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West
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Chapter 1
Chapters 2–3
Chapters 4–5
Chapter 6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–10
Chapters 11–12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapters 15–17
Chapter 18–19
Chapters 20–21
Chapters 22–23
Chapters 24–26
Chapter 27
Characters
Character List
Tod Hackett
Homer Simpson
Faye Greener
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Chapter 1
Chapters 2-3
Chapters 4-5
Chapter 6
Chapters 7-8
Chapters 9-10
Chapters 11-12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapters 15-17
Chapter 18-19
Chapters 20-21
Chapters 22-23
Chapters 24-26
Chapter 27
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1
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In what city was Nathaniel West born?
Philadelphia
New York City
Mexico City
Calcutta
2
of 5
What was West's ethnic background?
Russian-Jewish
Greek
African American
Native American
3
of 5
What job gave West the time he needed to begin working on his first novel?
Train porter
Gas station attendant
Hotel night manager
Notary clerk
4
of 5
What job gave West many of the settings and minor characters that he used in The Day of the Locust?
Waiter
Concierge
Broadway casting director
Hollywood scriptwriter
5
of 5
What historical event does much of West's fiction respond to, in one way or another?
World War I
Abraham Lincoln's assassination
Prohibition
The Depression
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