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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 are the Civil Guard fighting outside?

2. Why is Romero currently not getting paid?

3. Why does Don Jaime think Dona Adela cannot possibly know what he means?

4. Where does Don Jaime go for breakfast?

5. What is the time of year at the beginning of this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Don Jaime react to the Civil Guard fighting the demonstrators in this section?

2. What favor does Don Jaime agree to do for Don Luis in this section?

3. What information does Don Jaime give Dona Adela about his life in fencing?

4. How does Don Jaime react to Romero's depression over his unrequited love for the married woman?

5. How did Don Jaime become a fencing master?

6. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?

7. What does Don Jaime closing the shutters on the demonstrators say about how he likes to live his life?

8. What do the Cafe Progresso members think about the prospect of civil war?

9. How does Dona Adela meet Don Luis in this section?

10. How does Dona make Don Jaime uncomfortable in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Don Jaime's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Don Jaime hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Don Jaime ideas about life?

3. How has Don Jaime's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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