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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. Where is Julian working while Maryna is in New York?
2. When Bogdan makes his last journal entry in mid-June, what has happened to the commune?
3. What is in the telegram Maryna receives from Bogdan?
4. What two pieces is Maryna performing for the third week of her New York engagement?
5. Where do Jackob and Ryszard sleep their first night on the commune?
Short Essay Questions
1. After their brief affair, Maryna breaks off her relationship with Ryszard and sends him away. Why does Maryna end the relationship? How do each of them react to the rejection?
2. How does Maryna meet Miss Collingridge? When do they meet a second time? What happens after this second meeting?
3. What story does Ryszard write based on the events at the circus? What is his purpose for writing his story?
4. What does Julian's wife, Wanda, do when she arrives on their land? How is this typical of the character as she is portrayed by the narrator?
5. Ryszard offers to take Bogdan and Maryna on a trip to San Bernardinos. Does Bogdan go on the trip? How does he feel about Maryna and Ryzsard alone on the trip?
6. What is the history of the land on which Maryna and her group settle? What is the primary crop of the land?
7. Mr. Warnock uses a devise by which he fills the theatre. What does he do, and why? How does Maryna react to it? Does it work?
8. In Chapter Eight, Bogdan explains to Maryna he saw a flying machine on the beach in California. Who is with Bogdan when he sees the plane? Who owns the plane? What does it look like? What is the significance of Bogdan's interest in a flying machine?
9. How does Maryna define utopia? How does it compare to a marriage in her mind?
10. Edwin Booth talks about his father and his brother, John Booth. What does he reveal about these two important figures in his life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The story is told through many voices: the narrator, letters, soliloquies, conversations. The reader sees the main characters through many eyes and ears. Why has the author chosen this style to tell the story? Does it work? Is the reader able to get a well rounded view of the main characters? How else might have the author gone about telling this story?
Essay Topic 2
Ryszard thinks a great deal about class and privilege while on board the Germania on his way to America. Is the ship an analogy of a social system in America? Discuss this analogy and how accurate it is for America during the late nineteenth century as described in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
How does Maryna treat the men in her life, including her son, Piotr? Does she take any of them seriously? What examples from the book support her love for the men in her life? How does this contrast with the way men treat her?
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