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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. Who needs a ten foot circle drawn around him?

2. What is one of the first thing Ursula buys for her ever expanding home?

3. How long do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia wander across the mountains?

4. What does Ursula think about her husband's fascination with science?

5. What does Jose Arcadio Buendia become obsessed with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are identical twins?

2. How many illegitimate sons does Colonel Aureliano Buendia have and why?

3. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendia begin to realize?

4. The plague of Rebeca spreads across the town - who helps to save the people?

5. Describe Melqunades.

6. What is Pietro Crespi a master at doing?

7. What has Melqunades left behind after his sudden death?

8. What does Don Apolinar Moscote, a magistrate from the distant government, require that Ursula do for her home, but she then ignores the ruling?

9. How do Ursula and Jose Arcadio Buendia learn that Rebeca is related to them?

10. What is the gypsies' latest wonder that they share with Jose Arcadio Buendia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Men and women have vastly different parts to play in this novel. Using characters from each generation as examples, describe the role of men in this novel as well as the roles of women. How do they differ? How are they the same?

Essay Topic 2

Government seems to play a significant role in this novel. How does the government positively affect Macondo? How does the government negatively affect Macondo? Give at least two specific examples of each.

Essay Topic 3

From the very beginning of this novel, the idea of time is an important theme. Because time seems to be cyclical in nature, it's difficult to tell when events happen - or if they even happen at all. Describe three events in the novel where time seems to affect the memory of the event as well as how time affects those involved in the event: the banana factory massacre, the political turn of events, and the deeds of Colonel Aureliano Buendia.

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