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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. How does Citlali die?

2. What does Azucena have to do to allow Rodrigo to visit her?

3. What does Azucena pick up while shopping that another client claims she had already set aside to buy?

4. Who is Mammon?

5. At the end of chapter two, what does Anacreonte tell Azucena she needs to do before Rodrigo visits her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Citlali love Rodrigo?

2. What kind of force do old stones contain?

3. What do we learn about the Pyramid of Love in chapter thirteen?

4. How does the experience of the power of the Pyramid of Love in chapter one compare to the experience of it in chapter six?

5. What is Mammon like?

6. What do we learn about Ex-Azucena's role in Isabel's family in chapter fifteen?

7. Why are the Demons concerned about Isabel's relationship with Rodrigo?

8. What do we learn about the nature of karma with Rodrigo's memory of having been raped?

9. What did Isabel do to her second daughter?

10. In chapter eleven, which two characters clearly become opponents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter three is set in twenty-third century Mexico City.

1) What is twenty-third century Mexico City like?

2) What inventions are part of daily life in this setting?

3) How believable is this setting to you?

Essay Topic 2

Anacreonte explains in this chapter that in order for the Universe to run smoothly, everyone must play his role. What does the idea of someone playing their role mean?

Essay Topic 3

The first chapter in The Law of Love takes place during the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and the beginning of the building of the Spanish capital city that later became Mexico City. The city has been continuously inhabited for thousands of years, and this particular historical moment shaped the capital, the country, and the culture as well as playing an important role in this novel.

1) Compare and contrast the Spanish and the Aztec characters in this chapter. How are they similar? How are they different? What does power do to their relationships?

2) What happens to Aztec constructions? Why do the Spanish alter the constructions in the way that they do? What does Citlali think about the destruction of the Pyramid of Love?

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