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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. Aschenbach's daydream shows his _______.

2. The man at the chapel has _____ teeth.

3. What author does Aschenbach reference to describe his physical health?

4. What season is it at the beginning of "Death In Venice?"

5. What is Aschenbach's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much of Part One is either unspoken or indirect direction?

2. Why is Aschenbach excited about the possibility of Tadzio staying in Venice through the quarantine?

3. What is peculiar about one of the young men on the boat? Why does this upset Aschenbach?

4. What is the quality of Aschenbach's boat journey to Venice that makes him nervous and suspicious?

5. List a few adjectives that describe Aschenbach's mindset and philosophy on work ethic.

6. What are Aschenbach's feelings and justifications of his transformation at the beginning of Part Five?

7. Does Aschenbach look at Tadzio analytically or with glorification?

8. What effect did Aschenbach's parents' attributes have on him?

9. What does the dream that Aschenbach has add to how the reader sees his transformation?

10. What about the Polish family in the hotel catches Aschenbach's eye?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the similarities between Aschenbach and Tadzio? Why is he pleased with this unlikely resemblance? What about this relationship wears down Aschenbach's self-esteem, yet builds up his self-importance?

Essay Topic 2

What statement is "Death In Venice" making about art?

Essay Topic 3

What is the correlation between the "Greekness" and death of "Death In Venice?" How do they overlap? How do the images infiltrate into reality? How does this map the progression of the narrative?

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