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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 name of the ship sailing to America?
2. How old is Maryna?
3. Where is the celebration dinner party after Maryna's performance?
4. What book does Julian bring with to read aboard the ship?
5. From what play does Maryna quote upon her entrance to the celebration party in her honor?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maryna talk about the passenger who went overboard on the ship? Why does she talk so much about the incident? What are her speculations as to what happened? What are her feelings?
2. Who does Maryna see in Bremen? What is the purpose of their meeting? How does Maryna feel at the end of the meeting?
3. What are some of the toasts given at the celebration dinner table? To whom are they directed? What is Bogdan's toast about? Maryna's?
4. Maryna relates the story of her childhood to various people in Chapter One. Discuss her childhood and the influences on her life.
5. According to her monologue at the end of Chapter One, why is Maryna ready to leave acting and try something new?
6. In Chapter One, what scene does Maryna give Krystyna to act out? Why?
7. Who does Ryszard meet in the lounge of a whorehouse in New York City? What is important about the introduction Ryszard makes to the man? What do the two men talk about? What important thing does the man confirm for Ryszard?
8. Why does Maryna go to Henryk's office in Chapter One? What do we learn about her brother Stefan? What do we learn about Maryna?
9. The group establishes their first commune in Zakopane. What are some of the activities described in the chapter necessary to sustain their community? What do they do in the town for the local community?
10. The narrator explains that she is not particularly intelligent. What else does she say about herself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chapter One reveals a great deal about Maryna and the people who surround her. In this chapter, we get a clearer picture of the people Maryna surrounds herself with and how she thinks of those people. Why does Maryna want people to uproot themselves and their families and leave Krakow? How does she see the people who surround her? Why does she feel certain these people will follow her?
Essay Topic 2
Maryna spends time touring in England. How is she received in England? How does she react to the English? What is the gist of the conversation she has with Henry James at the dinner party given by Lady Wolsington?
Essay Topic 3
Maryna offers a detailed description of New York in the late 1800's in her letter to Henryk. What is the city like? Where do Maryna and Bogdan roam on their walks? What is New York in the late nineteenth century as seen through the eyes of immigrants?
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