View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts singing while the narrator is staring out of the window?

2. Where does the narrator recognize the cake-seller working?

3. What color dress is Ylayali wearing when the narrator sees her with The Duke?

4. Who tries breaking up the children's fight physically?

5. What is the Copégoro unloading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator not eat all of his cakes?

2. Describe how the narrator leaves Ylayali's apartment.

3. Who lives in the family room?

4. Why is the narrator moved into the family room?

5. What ails the narrator at the start of Part 3?

6. What happens to make the narrator lose faith in his play?

7. Why do you think Ylayali is disappointed in the narrator?

8. Why do Ylayali and the narrator go up to her apartment?

9. How does the narrator act towards Ylayali once they are upstairs?

10. What happens when the narrator goes to the grocer's to ask for a candle on credit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way is his life and personality reflected in the book? What was his experience of starvation and poverty?

Essay Topic 2

Fantasy plays a large role in this novel. Discuss the narrator and Ylayali's fantasies of one another. How do they differ from reality? How do you think they affect the character's actions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of nameless characters in the book. How do they enhance the naturalism?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 678 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample