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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. How does David feel about his haircut the day after he gets it?

2. Where does David meet Catherine in Chapter 13?

3. Where do David and Catherine have breakfast while on their honeymoon?

4. What are the two lovers in the cafy doing when David and Catherine see them?

5. Who helps the young man catch the sea bass at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do when he and Catherine get to Spain, and how does he feel about it?

2. How does David feel about Catherine's haircut?

3. How did Catherine's parents die?

4. What happens when David and Catherine drink absinthe?

5. What happens while David and Catherine are swimming at the cove?

6. How does David feel about Catherine and the beautiful girl in Chapter 12, and what does he do about it?

7. What does Catherine force David to do when they stay in France again?

8. About what does David feel guilty when Catherine and Marita are in Nice?

9. What does David say about the absinthe, and to what is he referring?

10. Why does Catherine go up to her room alone after David talks about the effects of absinthe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters are most affected by this?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols, and how do their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Individuality and self expression are two things that are very important to some of the major characters in this book. What are some examples of this, and how do these instances alter the course of the plot?

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