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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. Which character is half-goat, half-man?

2. What is the name of the bay near which Priscilla lives?

3. What kind of mask does Marcel LeFever wear?

4. How is Marcel related to Claude?

5. The proverb of what nationality warns, "A tale that begins with a beet will end with the devil"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of metaphors and/or similes from the opening of Jitterbug Perfume?

2. How is the LeFever business operated?

3. What is the one connection of the three separate plots in the opening of Jitterbug Perfume?

4. In Part I, what does Alobar say of death while speaking to the shaman?

5. Who appears at the spring where Alobar decides to rest for the night? What reason does this character give for being there?

6. Describe the character of Priscilla. What is her profession? What is her education?

7. In Part I, what does the shaman tell Alobar he must do?

8. What magical object is found in Alobar's court? Where does it stay?

9. How does Noog gather the proof needed for Alobar's execution?

10. What is the "King of the Bean" custom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the four simultaneous plot lines in Jitterbug Perfume. How do these separate plots converge in the novel? What themes are revealed throughout each?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Albert Einstein in Jitterbug Perfume. Who knows him? What are his last words? What is his thematic significance in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Jitterbug Perfume to Homer's The Odyssey. Which characters are reflective of the earlier epic? What stylistic elements are similar between the two texts?

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