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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. Where is the beauty locked up, according to Section 4?

2. Who is the Queen's stand-in in Antigua before the island becomes self-governing?

3. When the English leave Antigua, what do Antiguans become?

4. Whose beautiful poorness is unreal?

5. When the English leave Antigua, what do the slaveholders become?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Antigua at the beginning of Section 4?

2. What is said about casinos is Section 3, and what will actually occur, according to the narrator?

3. How are the slaves and slaveholders compared in Section 4?

4. Why do all Antiguan ministers possess green cards, and what happens to honest ministers?

5. Describe the Redonda stamp scandal.

6. How does the Antigua of the present compare to the Antigua of the past?

7. When was Antigua discovered and by whom?

8. What does the narrator describe as surreal, besides the island?

9. What does the narrator compare to Antigua in Section 4, and how does she use this analogy?

10. How does Section 4 begin as a panegyric, and how does it change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the corruption of the Antiguan government impede development in Antigua?

Essay Topic 2

What role does racism play in the book? Is it prominent, or in the background? Who displays racism in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "A Small Place" as a panegyric. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical panegyric? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a panegyric? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the book as a panegyric?

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