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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. To what city do Asterix and Getafix return to make the antidote?

2. What is the ingredient that Getafix tells Crismus is missing?

3. Who does Asterix overhear secretly plotting to overthrow Caesar and establish a triumvirate?

4. What does Crismus Bonus demand that Asterix give him the following morning?

5. What does Asterix put on that amuses Getafix but infuriates Crismus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the foolish cart seller?

2. Describe Caesar.

3. How does Crismus finally receive the strawberries he needs to give Getaflix?

4. How are future adventures foreshadowed by the end of the novel?

5. What makes Crismus furious with Asterix and Getaflix?

6. How does Asterix redeem himself in front of Caesar?

7. How does Asterix fool Crismus Bonus into thinking that he and Getaflix are at Crismus' mercy?

8. How does Crismus Bonus respond when he hears about Asterix's arrival?

9. How does Getaflix render the Romans powerless?

10. Why are strawberries important to Getaflix?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Asterix the Gaul with one or more of Goscinny's other books in the series. Which is, in your opinion, the best? Explain. Which did you like the least? Explain. What future scenarios might you want to see in upcoming books? Which characters would you like to see portrayed? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Asterix the Gaul. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Asterix the Gaul is written in the third-person omniscient point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective of Asterix? Explain.

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