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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 Amaranta see a vision of?

2. After many days of consumption, who seems to be dying, yet recovers completely?

3. When does this event that Amaranta envisions in #143 happen?

4. What does Gaston do when he realizes that Amaranta Ursula will never tire of Macondo?

5. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the odd behaviors of Remedios the Beauty?

2. What continues to occur for five long years in Macondo?

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

4. Why does Meme play the clavichord?

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. Why does Santa Sofia de la Piedad just walk away one day?

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

9. Who is the stranger who arrives at the door?

10. What does the banana company do when people begin to complain of unfair working conditions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the presence of solitude in this story. How does it affect the lives of each generation? How does this solitude affect the physical health of the characters? How does it affect the mental health of the characters? Cite at least two characters as an example of each.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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