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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. Why does Chechy resent lectors?

2. Which character clashes with Juan Julian in scene 2?

3. What does Juan Julian compare Tampa to?

4. What was the first novel Juan Julian had planned on reading?

5. Why don't Conchita and Palomo get divorced?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Conchita say that Palomo will understand?

2. What does Marela propose about Juan Julian?

3. Why does Juan Julian say he became a lector?

4. Which two events create the settings fro the first scene in act one?

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

6. What are Chechy and Ofelia arguing about?

7. What information did the women have about the new lector?

8. What doe Conchita and Palomo discuss as they work late?

9. What does Palomo demand to know from Conchita?

10. How doe the workers respond to Juan Julian's reading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story, the author quotes from the book "What would be the sense of killing a man in order to define one's own relations with a woman..." Why do you think Karenin found this to be a senseless act? Why do you think Chechy did not find this to be a senseless act?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Marela would always leave as Chechy approached her? What do you think Chechy wanted? How do you think he felt as Juan Julian told Marela she was beautiful?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of adultery present in the novel Anna Karenina? How is this same theme present in the play Anna in the Tropics? Do you think the author of the play did a good job of developing this theme? Why or why not?

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