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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 Moraes say he learns to accept?

2. What does Moraes say about breathing?

3. What happens that turns Carmen into a nurse for Aires and his lover?

4. What happens to the chapel after Francisco dies?

5. Who is the person he begins his narrative with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what is special about the blue tiles in the synagogue.

2. Why has Aurora been up to so much mischief in the house late at night?

3. How does Aurora manage to upset the Hindu-Muslim population of India?

4. Describe the opening of the novel.

5. How is Aurora's wish fulfilled in Moraes?

6. Debunking his father's family history, what does Moor suggest about his late grandmother, Flory.

7. How does Fielding bring together opposing forces to serve his purposes?

8. Who comes to the rescue when Aires is physically abusing the servants over lost artifacts?

9. What is the curse Epifania puts on Aurora as she sits there watching the old woman die without trying to help her in any way.

10. Detail the demise of Abraham's mother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages on Uma as an Example of the Classic Villainess. Main points of your essay include:

(1) deception, not looking like a villain, (2) scheming, making careful plans, and (3) ultimately being undone by her own schemes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages Rushdie's literary gimmicks. Main points of your essay include:

(1) the odd way the da Gama family adds -o and -ofy to words that symbolize their quirkiness, (2) the rhyming phrases he uses generally to belittle certain characters, (3) long hyphenated phrases to make for more powerful adjectives. Give specific examples of each in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages on undertones of an Oedipal Complex in The Moor's Last Sigh. Your points include:

(1) an explanation of the Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, (2) the suggestion of Moor posing nude for Aurora, and (3) the Moor painting where Aurora is Desdemona on the bed and Moor as Othello, lunging at her with a dagger.

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