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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. Whose dead body do Nostromo and the doctor discover?

2. What does Gould vow to destroy?

3. Who does Nostromo allow Monygham to think is dead?

4. What does Gould see in town?

5. Why is Nostromo attracted to Giselle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the silver changing Nostromo's life?

2. Why do you think that Sotillo's takeover of Sulaco is so quick and brutal?

3. How has the town changed when Mr. Gould arrives back in town?

4. How does Nostromo start getting the silver into his possession?

5. How does Nostromo's role as a servant help him to take the silver?

6. How does the news of Nostromo and Decoud's supposed deaths prove their peers' real opinion of them?

7. In what can Don Pepe be seen as one of the novel's stronger characters?

8. What is Don Pepe's plan to protect the silver mine?

9. In what way does Nostromo show his attitude towards life has changed in Part 3, Chapter 9?

10. In what does Dr. Monygham give Nostromo the chance for revenge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Antonia and Decoud.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is set in South America.

1) What meaning does South America bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in South America?

2) How different do you think today's South America is to the South America in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's South America?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false: "Nostromo is a true reflection of South American politics." Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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