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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 year is it when Jack and Ennis spend a few days together and see a bear?

2. How old is Francine when Alma decides to divorce Ennis?

3. What doe Jack do after Lureen's father dies?

4. What does Ennis figure Alma is trying to do when she takes a dollar from her pocket before he leaves with Jack?

5. What do Ennis and Jack do after their initial embrace when Jack arrives at Ennis's place in Riverton?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ennis react when Alma tells him she is going to yell for her husband after he grabs her wrist when discussing Jack at Thanksgiving?

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

3. Where does Ennis tell Alma he and Jack are going the night Jack came to visit?

4. Why does Alma work as a grocery clerk while married to Ennis?

5. What does Ennis tell Jack about the day he drove away from Brokeback Mountain four years earlier?

6. How do Jack and Ennis greet each other when Jack first arrives at Ennis's house after not seeing each other for four years?

7. What does Alma tell Ennis before referring to Jack as "Jack Nasty" (270)?

8. Why does Alma suggest that Ennis use condoms, and how does Ennis respond?

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

10. Why does Ennis have to skip their planned trip for August 1983 and how does Jack feel?

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 analyzing the narrative structure of "Broke Mountain." What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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