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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim tell the girls is evidence that the Spanish settled in Nebraska?
(a) Spanish horses.
(b) The presence of the Spanish language
(c) A Spanish sword found in the area
(d) Spanish coins found in the area

2. Who is suspicious of Jim's visits to Lena?
(a) Gaston Cleric
(b) His grandparents
(c) Antonia
(d) The Polish violin teacher

3. What does Jim vow to Antonia before he leaves the farm?
(a) He will return to Black Hawk to live.
(b) He will marry her someday.
(c) He will visit her again.
(d) He will never forget her.

4. What becomes Antonia's primary preoccupation once she begins working for the Cutters?
(a) Making money
(b) Attending dances and having a social life
(c) Mr. Cutter's comfort
(d) Living a moral life

5. What does Jim tell Antonia's children about their mother when she was younger?
(a) She was shy and withdrawn.
(b) She had a wild spirit.
(c) She was beautiful and well liked.
(d) She was difficult to get along with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase "Optima dies...prima fugit" mean?

2. What is the connection between Jim and Virgil?

3. Where do Antonia and Jim walk to during his visit to the Shimerda farm?

4. What does Ambrosch give Antonia when she leaves to marry Donovan?

5. What character in "Camille" does Jim consider most sympathetic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim describe the experience of going to the theatre?

2. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?

3. What event occurs as Jim stays at the Cutters' home?

4. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cutter respond to the incident in the Cutters' home between Jim and Wick?

5. Describe Wick Cutter.

6. Summarize the story of Antonia and Larry Donovan's failed attempt at marriage (as told by Widow Steavens).

7. What events occur when Jim visits Antonia?

8. Who proposes to Lena? How does she respond?

9. How does dancing with Lena differ from dancing with Antonia in Jim's mind?

10. Describe Antonia's preparations for marriage.

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