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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Azucena and her friends chased by the police?

2. What is the song at the beginning of chapter sixteen about?

3. What does Azucena believe that the images reveal about Isabel Gonzalez's past?

4. Who exchanges bodies on Korma?

5. How does Azucena's Astroanalyst session with Rodrigo end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a didactic tone, Anacreonte presents several ideas about reincarnation and the nature of the Universe, especially the role of love.

1) What role does love play in this text?

2) What is The Law of Love?

Essay Topic 2

Isabel, the villain of the story, enjoys playing solitaire. At what other moments are characters alone? Describe these scenes. What happens when characters are together? What happens when characters communicate and care for each other? Describe the way that these relationships figure into the story. Do you think that the author wish to teach a lesson through these examples? Explain.

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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