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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 was wrong with the King's favorite dog?

2. How does Don Diego save Juan from imprisonment?

3. How does the new slave in Juan's house feel about being a slave?

4. What is unique about El Bobo?

5. Who visits Don Diego after his wife dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Francisco Lezcano say to Juan about their similarities?

2. What strange ability does Lolis have?

3. What does Juan suggest Don Diego do to practice for his portrait of the Pope, and what is Don Diego's response to this?

4. What picture does Juan place among those of Don Diego's in the studio?

5. What does Bartolomy say about the law against slaves painting?

6. How does Lolis feel about being a slave?

7. What does the King give Juan when Don Diego dies?

8. What does the King ask Juan to do before he leaves to Seville with Lolis?

9. How does Juan get the Itallian nobles to recognize Don Diego's talent?

10. What does Don Diego tell Juan not to call him after he is freed, and what is Juan's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Miri and Lolis are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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