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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 position is Jack hired for on Brokeback Mountain the year he and Ennis meet?

2. Where does Ennis say he will sleep the first night he does not return to the sheep on Brokeback Mountain?

3. What year of school did Ennis really want to complete after his parent's death?

4. What health issue is Ennis's second daughter born with?

5. Why does Ennis have to leave the ranch he has been living on at the start of "Brokeback Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ennis manage to get a license at age 14 and what stopped him from completing his sophomore year of school?

2. How does Ennis feel when riding back to his camp after an evening of whiskey and stories with Jack?

3. What do Jack and Ennis know, despite not discussing it, after the first night they are intimate on Brokeback Mountain?

4. Where were Ennis and Jack born and what types of families did they come from?

5. What happens to the sheep one night in August when Ennis stayed at the main camp with Jack?

6. How long after their time at Brokeback Mountain does Ennis receive a letter from Jack and what does it say?

7. What does Ennis tell Jack about his first morning after setting up camp near the sheep?

8. Why does Ennis offer to take Jack's place and sleep with the sheep at Brokeback Mountain?

9. How does Ennis feel after leaving Jack on their last day at Brokeback Mountain?

10. How does Ennis react when Jack tries to move Ennis's hand to his penis while they are in the tent together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing Annie Proulx's choice to write "Brokeback Mountain" almost entirely in past tense aside from the first few paragraphs. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Proulx's decision to tell the story using third person omniscient point-of-view. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Jack and Ennis's relationship. Why are they drawn to one another at Brokeback Mountain? Why do they remain connected? Do you think their feelings would have changed had they seen each other more than a few times a year?

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