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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 Shannon say Maxine is bigger than?

2. What is the name of Maxine's casual lover?

3. Who does Maxine say she caters to?

4. What did Fred do with the fish he caught?

5. What does Herr Fahrenkopf say is burning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Shannon take a job as a tour guide?

2. How does Maxine think they can make the hotel attractive to both male and female tourists?

3. Describe the tussle between Maxine and Shannon.

4. What reason does Maxine give for Shannon's angry sermons and sexual relations with young girls?

5. Why can Shannon not stay at the hotel?

6. What does Shannon say he likes to show people on his tours?

7. How did Fred die?

8. How do the Fahrenkopfs upset Shannon?

9. What happens when Shannon tries to swim to China?

10. Why did Shannon say he had a relationship with the girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA is a play. What are the differences between a film and a play in terms of the following:

1) Language

2) Character development

3) Structure

Essay Topic 3

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA greatly influenced modern literature and theater. Choose a book or play that you think was influenced by THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA and discuss their similarities in terms of the following:

1) Plot

2) Character

3) Themes.

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