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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. Why has Nostromo been out sailing for months?

2. What is Pedro disappointed about in the city?

3. Who does Nostromo think cares nothing for him?

4. Why does the chief engineer help the townspeople?

5. Why is Mr. Hirsch aboard the boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Don Pepe's plan to protect the silver mine?

3. In what does Gould still hold power over Pedro in Part 3, Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Mrs. Viola tell Nostromo on her deathbed?

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

7. How is the silver changing Nostromo's life?

8. Why is Nostromo so angry in Part 3, Chapter 8?

9. How does Nostromo's role as a servant help him to take the silver?

10. How does Pedro try to convince Gould to hand over his mine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Why? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is set in South America.

1) What meaning does South America bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in South America?

2) How different do you think today's South America is to the South America in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's South America?

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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