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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 is the prominent feature of the man spitting onto the child playing in the street?

2. What kind of cake does the narrator take from the seller's table?

3. What is the weather like on the morning of the narrator's date with Ylayali?

4. Why does the narrator go into the grocery shop again after taking the extra change?

5. Of what object belonging to Ylayali's does the narrator think when he sees the green-haired Christ on the wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator dodge the street whore's invitation?

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator react to seeing Ylayali with 'The Duke'?

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

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

8. Why does the narrator still try to force himself upon Ylayali?

9. What happens to the narrator that makes him aware of his mental sluggishness?

10. Why is the captain of the Copégoro reluctant to hire the narrator, and what is his compromise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book. How does the author drive the narrative? How does the book's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the parallels between the narrator's surroundings and his mental state. How do the narrator's surroundings affect his writing? How are his thoughts influenced by being in certain locations, such as by a church or at the pier?

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