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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. Why can't Santiago stand starch in his clothes?
2. What interrupts Santiago's breakfast?
3. Victoria Guzman has reason to distrust Santiago because:
4. Angela's father sits amidst the confusion of the wedding helpless and blind, which suggests:
5. Victoria Guzman distrusts Santiago because:
Short Essay Questions
1. What purpose do the dreams in the chapter serve?
2. What elements of his character lend to the mystery of Bayardo San Roman?
3. What does the narrator's recount of mundane details do for the story?
4. The fact that Santiago Nasar never turns on the light in his bedroom, but instead stays in the dark, might symbolize what idea?
5. What is suggested by the mention of starch in relation to Santiago and Poncio Vicario? Santiago cannot stand starch in his clothes, while Poncio Vicario's shirt is so heavily starched it stands up by itself.
6. How are the twins persuaded to put off the murder until after the bishop's visit?
7. What is suggested by the recurring crowing of roosters, and the bishop's love of cocks' comb soup?
8. How does the narrator describe his mother?
9. The fact that people are simultaneously celebrating the bishop's visit and condemning Santiago Nasar to death suggests what about the town and its beliefs?
10. The contrasting motifs of youth and old age suggest what about the characters' values?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Leonard F. Peltier said, "Innocence is the weakest defense. Innocence has a single voice that can only say over and over again, "I didn't do it." Guilt has a thousand voices, all of them lies." Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify Peltier's statement in relation to Garcia Marquez' novel.
Essay Topic 2
Select an instance where the tone shifts in the novel and explore what the tone indicates about theme.
Essay Topic 3
The setting of the novel is often described merely as "Caribbean." What connotations or associations with the word "Caribbean" might readers have that affect their understanding of the novels events? How does the author use these connotations to explain, justify, or clarify the events and themes of the novel?
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