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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy from New England find the ritual he helps Conchita with?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Traumatic.
(c) Releaving.
(d) Degrading.

2. Why does Chechy resent lectors?
(a) His wife ran away with one.
(b) He thinks he should be the boss.
(c) He was denied becoming lector.
(d) He lost money gambling to them.

3. Which of the following themes figures prominently in the final scene of act 1?
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Deception.
(d) Love.

4. How do the factory workers respond to Juan's reading?
(a) Applause.
(b) Anger.
(c) Quiet awe.
(d) Boredom.

5. What does Levin's efforts to dissuade Anna's brother from selling off his ancestral land make Santiago realize?
(a) The extent of the errors he made with his half-brother.
(b) The relationships with the factory workers.
(c) How much he truly loves Ofelia.
(d) The problems he faces in his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Conchita and her husband discuss?

2. What does Juan Julian talk to Conchita and Marela about?

3. When do the two spouses begin to communicate with each other in a direct manner?

4. What does Juan Julian tell Conchita Tolstoy understands better than any other writers?

5. What are often the sites where semi-pagan rituals are carried out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What and why does Santiago carve something into the sole of his half-brother's shoe?

2. What does Chechy tell Ofelia about her husband and how does she react?

3. Whose side of the issue does Santiago take and how does he solve it?

4. What character does Chechy identify with in the novel and why?

5. What causes Juan Julian to reconsider his choice at reading Anna Karenina as his first novel?

6. What was Clara Bow known for?

7. What would be an accurate description of Santiago and Chechy as they are first introduced?

8. Why does Marela say that crying would be wrong?

9. How does Chechy feel about his behavior?

10. What is bothering Ofelia and what does she say about it?

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