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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 does the narrator put in his morning coffee?
2. What birthday is the narrator celebrating at the beginning of the novel?
3. What was the narrator's fiancé wearing the first time he saw her?
4. What does the narrator do for the first time with a woman the night he meets the girl?
5. What do the secretaries at the newspaper give to the narrator for his birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the only long term relationship in the narrator's life?
2. Describe how the narrator almost married once.
3. What request did the narrator's mother make on her deathbed?
4. What happens on the narrator's taxi ride to the brothel the first time he goes to see the girl?
5. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?
6. What is the narrator's relationship like with his housekeeper?
7. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?
8. Why won't the editor let the narrator resign from writing his column?
9. What do the narrator and Rosa Cabarcas discuss in phone calls the day following his first night with the girl?
10. What is the narrator's experience like when he goes to the animal shelter to pick up his cat?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss both the narrative tone and structure of "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" and their impact on the reader's experience. Give examples from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 2
What is the gift that the girl gives to the narrator throughout the novel? Is the inheritance he will leave her a greater gift than the one she has given him? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of sexual morality and how it resonates throughout the book. Define theme in your discussion and support your statements with examples and quotes.
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