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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 Viola think is all the Italian workers and Nostromo care about?
(a) Work
(b) Women and beer
(c) Wealth and power
(d) Getting home

2. What is the name of the fur merchant?
(a) Padre Corbelan
(b) Mr. Jacks
(c) Decoud
(d) Mr. Hirsch

3. From what American city do the Holroyds come?
(a) New Orleans
(b) San Francisco
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

4. Where does Don Jose want Decoud to encourage support?
(a) Europe and the US
(b) Argentina
(c) Asia
(d) Africa and the US

5. What was Don Pepe's previous job?
(a) A doctor
(b) A lawyer
(c) A miner
(d) A soldier

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months do the Goulds travel to look for laborers?

2. Which family's routine is described in this chapter?

3. For what are the Americans looking?

4. What is the name of the country in which the story takes place?

5. What is the name of Ribiera's war minister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Giorgio's idea of revolution?

2. In what way does this chapter highlight Ribiera's weaknesses?

3. Why is Ribiera important to the industrialists?

4. What is the Viola family's opinion of Nostromo?

5. Describe Nostromo.

6. Why does Mrs. Gould show a concern for her husband and his mine in Chapter 6, Part 2?

7. How do Antonia and Decoud's opinion on the revolution differ?

8. Describe the Isabel Islands.

9. What is Nostromo's relationship with the aristocracy?

10. What is the Costaguanian idea of revolution?

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