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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 does Jack say surprised him on their last day on Brokeback Mountain?

2. Who does Jack tell Ennis he had been having an affair with?

3. What does Ennis tell Jack at the end of their week together?

4. What does Ennis tell Jack his brother K.E. did to him every single day?

5. How often do Jack and Ennis begin to see each other, saying they are going fishing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ennis do with Alma, her husband, and the girls the first few years after their divorce?

2. What does Jack tell Ennis about the affair he was having with a married woman during their trip in May 1983?

3. What conversation do Jack and Ennis have during their trip in May 1983 about Mexico?

4. What does Alma suggest they do when Jack comes to visit, and how does Ennis respond?

5. How does Jack's life change after his father-in-law dies?

6. What does Jack tell Ennis about his wife and family when he comes to visit Ennis in Riverton?

7. What does Ennis say about Earl from Signal where he grew up?

8. What does Jack tell Ennis about Lureen's family?

9. What does Ennis do in preparation for Jack's visit to Riverton?

10. What does Ennis tell Jack about the bar tender from the Wolf Ears bar he has been seeing during their trip in May of 1983?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining Brokeback Mountain as a symbol in "Brokeback Mountain." What scenes take place directly in Brokeback Mountain? What is the context? What other moments in the story is Brokeback Mountain referenced? How does this place develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jack and Ennis in "Brokeback Mountain." What details help develop these characters and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the commentary on masculinity and manhood in "Brokeback Mountain." How do views on masculinity and manhood impact Ennis and Jack?

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