Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life [Edited by George Woodcock] Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life [Edited by George Woodcock] Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What do the Typees allow Toby to do?

2. How high is the waterfall Toby and the narrator encounter?

3. Who are the Happars?

4. Under what condition will Kory-Kory allow Toby to go to the shore to meet the boat?

5. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Ti and the Hoolah Hoolah grounds?

2. What preparations do Toby and Tommo make, and what obstacles do they encounter when they escape?

3. Toby and Tommo follow a footpath. Where does it lead them, and how do they proceed?

4. What happens to Tommo's health as he and Toby make their way around in the mountains?

5. Describe Toby and Tommo's progress through the ravine.

6. What signs of native activity do Toby and Tommo see, and how do they ultimately meet the natives?

7. Why would it be dangerous for Tommo to desert from his ship, and how does he plan to avoid the danger?

8. What happens when the Typees bring Toby back to their village after the noon-time siesta?

9. Describe the French efforts to take over the harbor of Nukuheva.

10. What is life like on the whaling ship for Tommo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What barriers do Tommo and the Typees put up between themselves to preserve the difference between each other's cultures? How does Tommo remain a white man? How does he become a native? How are the natives affected by Tommo's culture? How do they protect their culture from Tommo's influence?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is "Typee" an outgrowth of Melville's own experience? Research Melville's biography, and compare and contrast his shipboard experience with the experience he describes in "Typee".

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolic landscape of Nukuheva? What associations and symbolic meanings resonate in each of the settings: the seashore, the mountains, the ravines, the village, the sacred grounds? Describe Toby and Tommo's movement through the various landscapes in symbolic or allegorical terms.

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