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Open Response: “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”
Instructions: First, read each of the following open response items and then choose one.
On the space provided on the back of this paper, please write a response to your chosen
open response question. As a pre-writing strategy, please be sure to underline the part of
the prompt that specifies the action(s) that you need to take.
ORQ #1
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Bernice and Marjorie are presented as
foils.
A. Define the literary term “foil”.
B. Provide and explain three examples for how Marjorie and Bernice serve as
foils for one another.
C. Explain who F. Scott Fitzgerald is attempting to idealize in the way that he
characterizes both Marjorie and Bernice.
ORQ #2
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”, Bernice is characterized as both a
dynamic and round character.
A. Define the terms “round” and “dynamic”.
B. Provide and explain three examples from the text which prove Bernice’s
character to be both dynamic and round.