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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim convince his grandparents to do for posterity?
(a) Write their wills
(b) Have their picture taken
(c) Record their family stories
(d) Take his picture

2. How do women generally respond to Larry Donovan?
(a) They are wary of his affections.
(b) They are attracted to and sympathetic to him.
(c) They are put off by his aloofness.
(d) They admire his devotion to his job and family.

3. Why does Gaston Cleric suggest that Jim accompany him to Harvard?
(a) The two can use Harvard's library to study the classics.
(b) Cleric needs assistance teaching a class.
(c) Jim has become distracted from his studies by Lena.
(d) They can both take classes at Harvard.

4. How does Antonia react when Jim kisses her?
(a) She becomes angry.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She is uncomfortable.
(d) She is confused.

5. To whom does Jim dedicate his speech?
(a) Mr. Shimerda
(b) His grandparents
(c) Antonia
(d) The Harlings

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cuzak credit with the success of their farm?

2. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?

3. Where does Lena tell Jim that Antonia is now working?

4. Where does Cuzak take his son when they are in the city?

5. What does Jim romanticize at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the story Rudolph tells about the Cutters.

2. Describe Jim and Antonia's relationship after 20 years have passed

3. Describe Cuzak's life story as he tells it to Jim

4. Describe Larry Donovan from Jim's perspective.

5. Describe Jim's visit to Black Hawk in this chapter

6. How does Cleric Gaston interpret Virgil's line "Primus ego in patriam mecum . . . deducam Musas", or, "for I shall be the first, if I live, to bring the Muse into my own country.?"

7. How does Jim's grandmother react to Jim attending dances at the Fireman's Hall? How does Jim respond?

8. Who proposes to Lena? How does she respond?

9. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?

10. How does Jim describe the experience of going to the theatre?

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