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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 would happen to the Japanese if they immigrated?
2. What does Madame Blanche say the note reads?
3. What is Helene's most beautiful attribute?
4. What does Hara Kei take Joncour to the top of the hill to see?
5. At the house of Hara Kei, what does he have caged near the entrance?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Baldabiou share the secrets of silk? What does this say about Baldabiou?
2. What is Madame Blanche's calling card? What does she give the men she sleeps with?
3. After his travels to Africa, how does Joncour describe his trip when someone asks? Why does he not give a better description?
4. On his second trip to Japan, Joncour sits at the lake with Hara Kei and they are described as "Holding their peace." What do you think the author means by this? Where else have you heard this expression? Do you think there is a connection between a reference to a wedding and a mistress?
5. Describe the party at Hara Kei's house. Who is there? Are these important people? Why? Why not?
6. How many silk eggs can you hold in your hands? Why did they refer to this as "a fortune in your hands"?
7. What animal does Baldabiou ask about upon Joncour's return from his first trip abroad? What does he do later to pay tribute to these animals? What are these animals a symbol for?
8. How does Joncour observe life? Why is this significant?
9. What happens every time Hara Kei appears? Who leaves? Is this by design? Why do you think that?
10. Why does Madame Blanche tell Joncour that the girl will not die without him? Is she trying to help him? What does she know that he does not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Joncour build a park? What is the significance of a windy day and the lake? Why is Joncour drawn to his lake on windy days? What is he thinking about when he sits by the lake after he first finishes the park and then later in the novel? Does the meaning, for him, change? How?
Essay Topic 2
Joncour is a hero to his town, giving nearly all the town a way to make a living, and yet, he blindly pursues the mistress, knowing full well that he could lose everything for his town. Why does Joncour, in chapter after chapter, move toward his own destruction with little or no reservation to the damage he will do to his town or his wife? How can this man be so blind?
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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