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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 Joncour enjoy in life?
2. How long does Joncour work with the eggs to prepare them for sale?
3. Where is the mistress seated at the party at Hara Kei's house?
4. What does Baldabiou observe about the silkworm trade in 1861?
5. When people ask Joncour about Africa, what does he say?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are the silkworms of Japan not affected by disease? What is their history of trade?
2. When Baldabiou first broaches the idea of going to Japan for silk eggs, why do the local silk manufacturers not know anything about Japan?
3. Why does the young girl accompanying Hara Kei not have an Asian slant to her eyes? Does this give the reader a clue to her past? What?
4. How much of the year does Joncour work? How much time does he have for leisure? Describe his work routine.
5. 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?
6. When Joncour seeks out someone who can translate the note for him, Baldabiou informs him of Madame Blanche, but tells him not to ask her personal questions. Why do you think Baldabiou gives Joncour this suggestion?
7. How many silk eggs can you hold in your hands? Why did they refer to this as "a fortune in your hands"?
8. When Hara Kei asks Joncour who he is, what does he tell him? Why does he give so much detail? Is it necessary to tell the whole truth? Why does Joncour do this?
9. Why does the mistress bring an Asian girl for Joncour? What is this a symbol of for both of them?
10. Why does Baldabiou share the secrets of silk? What does this say about Baldabiou?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the items hanging from the litter of the mistress. What do they signify? Which items make noise? Do you believe she is still in the litter? Do you think she is beaten? Are the items hanging from the litter a sign of her captivity? How?
Essay Topic 2
How does Hara Kei forgive Joncour his rude behavior? He does it several times in the novel. Does he react the same way each time, or differently? Why does he endure Joncour's lack of knowledge about Japan?
Essay Topic 3
Why do Joncour and his wife travel? What does this bring to their relationship? In the end, when Joncour stops traveling, why does he decide to do this? Why, in his later years, does he not enjoy traveling and seeing new places? Why does he never return to Japan in later years when the journey is easier?
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