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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juan Julian do as he reads the novel?

2. What does Palomo compare alcohol to?

3. Who interrupts the discussion between Juan Julian, Chechy and Palomo?

4. What argument does Chechy use to defend his purchase?

5. How many days after the tragedy does act 2 scene 5 occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you believe that someone reading or watching this play needs to understand the novel Anna Karenina to better understand the play? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the process of hand rolling cigars including how it developed through the history described by Juan Julian. Do you think the Spaniards were right? What changes do you think might have been different had they not overtaken the natives?

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