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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. Which woman assumes she would be royalty?

2. What is NOT a result of the event in #151?

3. Who wants his throat slashed when he dies?

4. Why did Fernanda del Carpio accept the marriage proposal from Aureliano Segundo?

5. Who gives the person in #154 a long monologue of grief?

Short Essay Questions

1. What devastation does the five-year-long event cause?

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

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

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

5. When does Amaranta believe she will die?

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

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

8. Who is helping to pay for the essentials (e.g., food) for Fernanda?

9. What happens when Amaranta Ursula delivers her child?

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

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

How does the banana factory affect the town? Give specific examples as to how the factory affects the town structure, the families, the women, the men, and the progress of Macondo.

Essay Topic 3

Some readers find it confusing that this novel isn't told in chronological order. But could the story work any other way? Why does the refusal to stick to a straight timeline help the story be more accessible and more entertaining for the reader? Or would a chronological timeline be a stronger choice?

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