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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conchita suggest she and Juan Julian do as they have sex?

2. Who was Mildred?

3. Which of the following terms best describes how Conchita spoke with Palomo about her affair?

4. Which of the following characters enters unnoticed?

5. What is Juan Julian doing as Conchita talks with her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think listening to the story of Anna Karenina helped Chechy to move on in regards to his ex-wife? Why or why not? Do you think Juan Julian should have chosen a different story? 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

Why do you think the role of lector is important in Cuban cigar factories? Do you think there are other jobs that someone like a lector could be important? If so, what jobs? If not, why not? Do you think lectors are still used today?

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