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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. Which character is the reader reintroduced to in this chapter?

2. From whom does Decoud ask Gould to get financial support?

3. Who becomes a tour guide in Sulaco?

4. Who does Gould meet to discuss a strategy for protecting the mine?

5. What sound welcomes Pedro Montero to the town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Antonia and Gould's real concerns?

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

4. How is the silver corrupting the characters?

5. Describe Montero's entrance into the town.

6. What does Decoud write in his letter to his sister?

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

8. How is the silver threatening to ruin Nostromo's life?

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

10. What has happened to Decoud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Conrad use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character, Nostromo, examine the way Conrad uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the locations Conrad uses in the novel.

1) What effect does the location Conrad uses have on the tone of the book?

2) Pick one location and think in what way this location affects the actions of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

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

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