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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 returns to town with stories about Susan?
2. Maria lives on ____ street.
3. Una visits the ____ twice a day.
4. Maria and Una go out at night to see which unusual occurrence?
5. Who is one of the owners of the Pequod?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the relationship between Una and Ahab change in this section? What does Ahab do to have Una for himself?
2. How does Judge Austin Lord relate to Una's care after Ahab leaves Nantucket?
3. What does Una receive from the captains? What news arrives from Ahab?
4. What suggestion does Mary Starbuck make to Una? What is Una's response? What is Una's next step?
5. What news does Una receive regarding a mishap at sea? What happens to Ahab?
6. 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.
7. Explain how the story reverts to the time before Justice's birth.
8. Judge Austin Lord invites Una and Justice to stay at his house. What transpires between the judge and Una?
9. Who is Elijah? What news does he deliver to Justice? What happens to Elijah?
10. Who is Susan? Why is she important to Una?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Una and Frannie basically grew up as sisters. Discuss the relationship between Una and Frannie as children and then as adults. Who was the most grounded? Who was the most motivated? Who was the most intelligent? How did the relationship change after Una went away to sea?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Una is influenced by Aunt Agatha's Unitarian faith and ideas on pacifism. Write a 750 word essay on Aunt Agatha's beliefs, how they differ from Bertha's beliefs, and how they affect Una. Also relate the Unitarian perspective on pacifism and racial equality.
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