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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 gives Wick Cutter an advantage with the immigrant farmers?
2. What do Antonia and Jim's grandmother discover when they return to the Cutter home to pack up Antonia's belongings?
3. How does Jim characterize the woman who plays the character, Marguerite?
4. Why has Gaston Cleric been sent West?
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. Summarize the story Rudolph tells about the Cutters.
3. What feelings does Antonia share with Jim as they wait for the others to arrive at the river? How does Jim reassure her?
4. How do Mr. and Mrs. Cutter respond to the incident in the Cutters' home between Jim and Wick?
5. What events occur when Jim visits Antonia?
6. Describe the changes in Tiny Soderball's life from the point that Jim last saw her to present
7. What part of Camille most affects Jim?
8. Describe Antonia's preparations for marriage.
9. How does Jim react to Antonia when he comes to visit her after many years?
10. What causes Jim to reinterpret sections of Virgil's Georgics? How does he see a particular passage differently?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the topics My Antonia explores is the role and impact of community on the individual. Discuss what the novel has to say about this topic. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
My Antonia is divided into four distinct books. Compare and contrast two of the books in this novel. Focus on:
1) the plot development
2) character development
3) themes presented in the book
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes My Antonia explores is transformation or metamorphosis. Discuss what the novel has to say about this theme. Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
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