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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. To whom does Jim dedicate his speech?
(a) His grandparents
(b) The Harlings
(c) Antonia
(d) Mr. Shimerda
2. How does Wick Cutter react when he finds Jim in his home?
(a) He throws him out of the house.
(b) He beats him.
(c) He knows Jim is trying to protect Antonia.
(d) He demands to see Antonia.
3. Why does Gaston Cleric suggest that Jim accompany him to Harvard?
(a) Cleric needs assistance teaching a class.
(b) They can both take classes at Harvard.
(c) Jim has become distracted from his studies by Lena.
(d) The two can use Harvard's library to study the classics.
4. How does Gaston Cleric help Jim?
(a) He teaches him Greek.
(b) He awakens him to new ideas and learning.
(c) He keeps him company.
(d) He provides him with an audience for stories about Black Hawk.
5. Who is suspicious of Jim's visits to Lena?
(a) Gaston Cleric
(b) Antonia
(c) The Polish violin teacher
(d) His grandparents
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Antonia tell Jim she believes is her purpose in life?
2. What does Jim create for Nina Harling?
3. What upsetting news does Antonia learn in a letter from Larry Donovan prior to their marriage?
4. What is occurring on the farms when Jim goes to visit Widow Steavens?
5. What news that Lena shares with Jim about Antonia shocks him the most?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cleric Gaston interpret Virgil's line "Primus ego in patriam mecum . . . deducam Musas", or, "for I shall be the first, if I live, to bring the Muse into my own country.?"
2. What event occurs as Jim stays at the Cutters' home?
3. Describe the changes in Tiny Soderball's life from the point that Jim last saw her to present
4. How does Jim's grandmother react to Jim attending dances at the Fireman's Hall? How does Jim respond?
5. How does dancing with Lena differ from dancing with Antonia in Jim's mind?
6. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?
7. Describe Gaston Cleric
8. What does Jim tell the group of girls to convince them that Spaniards settled in Nebraska?
9. Describe Larry Donovan from Jim's perspective.
10. Who proposes to Lena? How does she respond?
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