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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 the person want who arrives at Camilo's studio in Part I, Chapter 5?
2. What was Eufrasia's line of work?
3. In Part I, Chapter 1, Mrs. Milagros claims that Camilo had been staying with her for six months. In Part I, Chapter 2, how long does she say that he had stayed with her?
4. Who finds the language of the letters to Camilo to be indecent?
5. How does Mrs. Milagros claim Camilo speaks about art?
Short Essay Questions
1. What opinion and advice does Mrs. Milagros give Camilo about his love?
2. What is David Reguel's response to Camilo's portrait of Rosaura?
3. From Mrs. Milagros' description of Camilo in Part I, Chapter 1, and further on in the text, what sense does she give the reader that he may have committed a crime?
4. How does Mrs. Milagros respond to David Reguel's claim that he has a relationship with Rosaura that is independent of Camilo?
5. How does Mrs. Milagros first see an image of Rosaura?
6. Who is David Reguel, and how is he introduced in the book?
7. In Part I, Chapter 3, how does Mrs. Milagros describe the contents of the letters that Camilo receives and who they are from?
8. Who narrates Part I, Chapter 1, of the text, and why does she tell her story?
9. In Part I, Chapter 2, what are the signs that Camilo may have some unusual habits or character traits?
10. How does Mrs. Milagros react when she reads Camilo's letters? What does she tell Camilo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are several recurring motifs in the text. What are these? Give specific examples from the text, and explain why you think that the author has chosen to repeat these ideas.
Essay Topic 2
After reading all of the descriptions of Rosaura (by Mrs. Milagros, David, Camilo, Elsa, and Rosaura's own letter), what is the real story of Rosaura? Tell the story linearly, and be sure to include which narratives the different pieces of the story are pulled from.
Essay Topic 3
The difference between appearances, fantasy, and reality are blurred in several scenes in the text. Describe these moments in the text as well as the repeated imagery that may have to do with the blurring of these boundaries.
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