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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 Juan ask of Dosa Trini while he is running errands?

2. Who does Juan eat his meals with at Diego's house?

3. How old is Juan when he learns to read?

4. What does the Carmelo do on evening nights to amuse himself?

5. What does Mistress say love is when she sees Juan admiring the slave girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Diego to do study while in Italy?

2. Why can the blond man not enter Madrid with Juan?

3. How does Juan describe Italy?

4. How does Juan describe the first portrait Diego paints of the King?

5. What does Diego say is the difference between the light in Spain and Italy?

6. What does the Carmelo do when he finds Juan in Madrid?

7. What does Juan find in the house when he wakes up after being sick with the plague?

8. How does Juan describe his first sight of Miri?

9. What does Master say when Juan asks him to teach him to paint?

10. How is Juan told to eat while he is on his journey to Madrid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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