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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. Maria only wears dresses made from which material?
2. What is the name of Una's neighbor?
3. What is Poland's first name?
4. What is the judge's last name?
5. The story jumps ahead by how many years?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes Una to turn to the stars? What is one of Una's dreams?
2. Who is Susan? Why is she important to Una?
3. What news does Una receive regarding a mishap at sea? What happens to Ahab?
4. What suggestion does Mary Starbuck make to Una? What is Una's response? What is Una's next step?
5. What does Una decide to do when she learns that she is pregnant?
6. What is Una's reaction upon being married to Ahab?
7. In chapter 133, Mary and Una try to recover from their grief. Describe at least one of the activities the group does to make themselves feel better.
8. What happens to Ahab physically upon his return to Nantucket? How do Una and Ahab deal with the issue?
9. What happens to Ahab during his time away from Una?
10. What great tragedies befall Una in chapter ninety-one? Who is on hand to help Una?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Naslund discusses the areas traveled by the various ships including the Sussex and the Pequod. Discuss the routes traveled by these ships as well as the common trade routes of the day. Examine the length of time it took the ships to travel the entire route and why some ships were gone years longer than others. Give a crew member's perspective and a captain's perspective on where a ship should travel and where the best opportunities lie for whaling. Compare those trade routes to ones commonly used today.
Essay Topic 2
Naslund does not tell the story in chronological order, which may or may not confuse the issue regarding Una's relationship with Ahab and the birth of Justice. Discuss the purpose of this technique. Was Naslund intent on filling in the back story or was there another purpose to using this method? Was the technique effective? Explain. Rewrite one of the passages keeping the story in chronological order to make the story line clear.
Essay Topic 3
Kit and Giles were both objects of Una's affections early in the story. Examine the relationship Una had with each man. Also compare and contrast Kit and Giles on personal and professional levels. Do you think things might have been different if Giles had lived?
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