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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 name does Rosa Cabarcas call the girl?
2. Who does the narrator compare the girl to after their time apart?
3. What does the narrator imagine the girl asking him about at breakfast?
4. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator do after he destroys the girls room?
5. Who sealed up Rosa's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the narrator sees a bicycle that has been hit by a bus?
2. What happens with the narrator's cat in Chapter 4?
3. What kind of objects does the narrator bring to the girl's room?
4. What does the narrator find on the mirror the morning after his second night with the girl?
5. What is the narrator's experience like reading to the girl?
6. What does the narrator do to try to rectify the false account of the banker's death?
7. How does the narrator react to the false account of the murdered man?
8. What does the narrator discuss during his breakfasts with Rosa Cabarcas?
9. What does the narrator realize when he chases a girl, thinking she is his Delgadina?
10. What is the narrator's phone conversation like with Rosa Cabarcas after her long absence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the difference between the flat and round characters in "Memories of My Melancholy Whores." What purpose did the girl serve in the narrative? What purpose did Rosa Cabarcas serve? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 2
What is the difference between the life in time and the life by value as embodied by the narrator in "Memories of My Melancholy Whores"? Give specific examples from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
What is ironic about the narrator's ninetieth year? How does the author draw on this irony to illustrate a greater truth?
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