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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. With whom does Baldabiou play billiards?
2. How does Joncour describe Japan when asked after his first trip?
3. What work does the Englishman do that Joncour meets in the Japanese village?
4. What spreads to Africa and India in the 1860s?
5. What does Madame Blanche do for a living?
Short Essay Questions
1. How much of the year does Joncour work? How much time does he have for leisure? Describe his work routine.
2. How does Joncour observe life? Why is this significant?
3. Describe how silk eggs hatch and what happens to them.
4. After Joncour is given the note, he stops for a moment on his way out of town when leaving for home. Why does he stop? What is he doing? What is he thinking? What message is he trying to convey?
5. Why are the silkworms of Japan not affected by disease? What is their history of trade?
6. How many silk eggs can you hold in your hands? Why did they refer to this as "a fortune in your hands"?
7. When Joncour turns 33-years-old, how does the author describe his life? How is peace compared to rain? Why do you think the author used this description?
8. For the third trip to Japan, who decides that Joncour should go? How much say does he have in this decision?
9. After his travels to Africa, how does Joncour describe his trip when someone asks? Why does he not give a better description?
10. What does Helene do with the silk scarf her husband brings home to her? Why does she react that way? What do you think Helene senses about her husband?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do the two English characters, the one in France at the party, and the one in the Japanese village, have in common? How are they different? Why do you think the author introduced these two characters, one in each country, to play off the main characters? What do they bring to the story? How would the story have been different without them?
Essay Topic 2
What do you think the relationship was between Helene and Madame Blanche? How do you think Helene found Madame Blanche? Do you think Helene saw her before she translated the letters? Why? Why not? Why do you think Madame Blanche visited Helene's grave?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of St. Agnes to Baldabiou? Why do Joncour and his wife name their youngest daughter Agnes? Why is Baldabiou fascinated with dolphins? Why would he want to put dolphins in the cloister instead of animals with Christian references?
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