Hopscotch Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Hopscotch Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?

2. Where do Horatio and La Maga meet at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. Which theatre theorist is quoted in Chapter 128?

4. What famous American litigator is quoted in Chapter 117?

5. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ossip's diagnosis of Horacio in Chapter 16?

2. How does the Serpent Club relate to La Maga?

3. What point regarding observation does Horacio make in Chapter 84?

4. What is Horacio doing in the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Horacio get slapped by Bertha Trepat in Chapter 23?

6. How does Horacio meet Berthe Trepat?

7. In Chapter 115, what surrogate experience does Morelli describe?

8. Why does Horacio become resentful of La Maga in Chapter 12?

9. Why does Ossip apologize to Maga in Chapter 24?

10. How do Maga and Horacio view the meaning of their precarious dates differently in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters of HOPSCOTCH can almost universally be described as intellects. They read constantly that they may spend the rest of their hours debating text and theory. Write an essay about Cortazar's attitude toward theory in an essay in three parts:

Part 1) This fixation on theory is perhaps best illustrated with the protagonist, Horacio. Write an essay examining his obsession with texts and proofs. How does this fixation affect his everyday life? What criticism does he receive from his friends as a result?

Part 2) Spend a paragraph discussing the gatherings and discussions of the Serpent Club. What dialectical arguments do they have to pass the time, and why is La Maga so often ostracized from them? What prerequisites exist for inclusion?

Part 3) Book 1 seems to climax at a moment when, as Horacio observes, dialectical argument proves insufficient. What is this moment? How does this moment shatter the wall of theory built by the Club? What happens to the club as a result?

Essay Topic 2

What is the millenary kingdom? Write an essay about this prelapsarian concept, where it comes from, and how it connects thematically with the events of the novel. What does the millenary kingdom mean to both Morelli and Horacio? Why do Etienne and Ronald think that La Maga had some innate connection to it? How is the entire Serpent Club, to some extent, existing in its own millenary kingdom until Rocamadour dies? How does this death force them all to face harsh realities? Conclude the essay by discussing whether the millenary kingdom is seen as a positive or negative thing.

Essay Topic 3

An emotional change occurs in Horacio between the death of Rocamadour and Horacio's arrival in Buenos Aires. He tells Ossip he wants anonymity and develops a plan for his relationship with the Travelers. Write an essay about this shift from sensation to observation in Horacio. What does he want from Manu and Talita, and how does he go about getting it? Whom does he have to use in the process? Discuss how this attempt at dispassion eventually pushes him into a sort of madness. What is Cortazar saying about the need to express emotion, no matter how painful?

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