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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 Joncour draw designs for after he buys the other house?
(a) An aviary.
(b) A cloister.
(c) A chapel.
(d) A garden.

2. What event are Helene and Joncour invited to on the Riviera?
(a) An Italian baron's 60th birthday party.
(b) A duke's wedding.
(c) A Russian cleric's reception.
(d) The king's birthday.

3. How many days does Joncour wait for Hara Kei's emissary on the fourth trip?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 41 days.
(d) 5 days.

4. In his later years, what does Joncour never do?
(a) He moves to China.
(b) He travels to Japan many times trying to find the mistress.
(c) He lives in a villa at the beach on the Riviera.
(d) He never travels and never leaves his house.

5. After his last trip to Japan, how does the town view Joncour?
(a) He is the mayor.
(b) He is a hero.
(c) He is shunned.
(d) He is admired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Englishman, who sits next to Helene at the event, wearing in his lapel?

2. When Joncour leaves town on his third trip, what does he do on the way out of town?

3. Where is the envelope from?

4. What does Joncour see when the procession with the mistress goes by him?

5. What does Joncour find when he arrives at the port of Shirakawa on his fourth (last) trip to Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. On his final trip to Madame Blanche's, what does she tell Joncour about his wife that he did not know?

2. What does Joncour mean when he says to the Englishman, "We are all marvelous, and we are all revolting"?

3. On his fourth trip to Japan, what does Joncour find when he arrives at Hara Kei's village? How does he see the village? What is the state of the village a symbol of?

4. For the fourth trip to Japan, Baldabiou is unsure whether or not to send Joncour. What are his misgivings? When discussing it with Joncour, who is he trying to convince?

5. The envelope that Joncour receives is mailed from Ostend, which is in Belgium. Who do you think sent the letters knowing this information?

6. On the fourth trip to Japan, describe the young boy that Joncour follows? What is he playing? Why would he play music as they wander through the villages?

7. Why does the author describe the train trip so vividly returning from Japan on the fourth trip? What is the significance of the heat that Joncour sees on the fields and with the other passengers? What is he watching happening?

8. Why does Joncour sit by the lake on windy days after the death of his wife? Has the meaning of the ripples on the water changed for him?

9. When Joncour arrives home nine days late, what does he ask of his wife? Why does he ask her this?

10. Why does Joncour fire his gun on the way out of town and startle the birds? What is he saying, and to whom? Who will get his message?

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