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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 Nostromo assume has happened to Decoud?

2. What is Nostromo's new nickname?

3. What do Pedro's soldiers gives speeches about what topic?

4. On whom does Giselle have a romantic crush? on?

5. With whom does Decoud tend to the wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the silver corrupting the characters?

2. How does the news of Nostromo and Decoud's supposed deaths prove their peers' real opinion of them?

3. What does Captain Mitchell say on his tours around the Occidental Republic?

4. What is the only reason the doctor thinks that Nostromo is trustworthy with the silver?

5. In what way can Pedro be seen as a weak character?

6. What do the town leaders show is their true worry in Part 3, Chapter 2?

7. How does Nostromo start getting the silver into his possession?

8. In what way do the town leaders show their true colors in Part 3, Chapter 1?

9. In what way does Nostromo show his attitude towards life has changed in Part 3, Chapter 9?

10. In what can Don Pepe be seen as one of the novel's stronger characters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Conrad's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the early 20th century. How does Conrad express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Nostromo is written in the third person. Why do you think Conrad chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the first person?

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