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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. What is happening to the cart seller that he does not notice?

2. What does Crismus Bonus threaten to do to Asterix if Getafix does not help him?

3. When the messenger carries the ingredient to Getafix, what does Getafix do?

4. What do the soldiers do to Asterix at Crismus' command?

5. What does Crismus offer in exchange for an antidote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Crimus Bonus and Marcus Ginantonicus plotting?

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

3. How is Crismus careless and what does this cost him?

4. Why does Crismus Bonus cry?

5. How is Crismus over-confident?

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

7. How does Getaflix render the Romans powerless?

8. How does the audience receive the lesson or message that "wrong begets punishment" in the final section of the novel?

9. Why is it difficult to get strawberries?

10. What does the cloak in the tent signify?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create your own brand of fan fiction involving the Gaul village. What scenario would you develop to show the characters' strengths and weaknesses? Who would the other characters be? Would your graphic novel be one story or a series of vignettes? Explain.


Essay Topic 2

Consider the use of names in Asterix the Gaul. The very names provide examples of brilliant uses of dialogue, such as Asterix or a small, seeming addition; Obelisk, who delivers menhirs; and Getafix, the Druid. Discuss the brilliant use of dialogue through names.

Essay Topic 3

Goscinny is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, puns, and irony, briefly describe them, and identify the technique which they embody.

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