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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part Three, how long until Aschenbach embarks to Pola?

2. What was the weather on Aschenbach's last trip to Venice?

3. Why does Aschenbach hesitate to leave Venice?

4. Now that Aschenbach is completely obsessed with Tadzio, Aschenbach is controlled by his ________.

5. What does Aschenbach compare the second boatman's beard to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The narrator is in control of the way the readers see "Death In Venice." Why is the personality of the narrator crucial to the story? Why couldn't the story of "Death In Venice" exist without this narrator?

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