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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 does the traveler in #128 return to build?

2. Who is the stranger that arrives at the door?

3. Which woman assumes she would be royalty?

4. What happens to the boy that appeared to be missing?

5. What does the builder of the answer in #129 do to Jose Arcadio's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jose Arcadio leave home to do?

2. When the child is missing from his crib, what has happened to the child?

3. What does Aureliano Segundo do because Fernanda is impossible to live with?

4. Who is the woman that Aureliano Segundo finally chooses?

5. Who is Aureliano Segundo trying to placate in his life?

6. What are some of the signs that Macondo is becoming more modern?

7. What is Jose Arcadio Segundo doing as he's locked in the laboratory?

8. When does Amaranta believe she will die?

9. When Amaranta Ursula returns to Macondo, who does she bring with her?

10. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the very beginning of this novel, the idea of time is an important theme. Because time seems to be cyclical in nature, it's difficult to tell when events happen - or if they even happen at all. Describe three events in the novel where time seems to affect the memory of the event as well as how time affects those involved in the event: the banana factory massacre, the political turn of events, and the deeds of Colonel Aureliano Buendia.

Essay Topic 2

It could be said that the novel is comparable to the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Give some examples of how this could be the case, keeping in mind that Genesis' story begins with the creation of paradise and the eventual downfall and alteration of Paradise because of one person's choice to create the world in the first place. Cite at least four examples of similarities and differences between Genesis and the story of Macondo.

Essay Topic 3

For many characters in the book, they learn of their fate long before the fate comes to pass. Give three examples of how this has happened to characters in the novel, including a full description of the foreshadowing, the way the character reacted, and whether the fate came true.

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