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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 do the letters say that are sent to Joncour after his last trip to Japan?
2. Why does Baldabiou NOT want to send Joncour back to Japan for a fourth trip?
3. Where is Madame Blanche living at the end of the novel?
4. To Hara Kei, what is the boy who helps Joncour find the procession?
5. Who builds Joncour's park?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Helene pretend not to notice the letters when they are clearly in plain sight?
2. The letter describes a sexual encounter but eludes to fact that it has already happened? What does this mean?
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. Why does Joncour take Baldabiou to the house of Jean Berbeck that he buys? What is he looking for? Why does he think that Baldabiou will understand?
5. For the fourth trip to Japan, who makes the decision to go? Why is this startling? Why does Baldabiou lie to everyone except Helene about the trip?
6. What does Joncour know about the Englishman they meet at the Riviera at the baron's birthday party? What is he wearing? Why is he upset when he looks at his wife and the Englishman?
7. Helene runs after Baldabiou at the train station and they embrace and she cries. What does this tell the reader about their relationship? Do you think something happened?
8. 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?
9. Why do Joncour and Helene name a daughter Agnes? What is this referring to? Who is this a tribute to?
10. How did the changes in the world described in Chapter 54 change Joncour's world? How did these changes affect the silk trade? Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Japan is described twice in the novel as "the end of the world." Who describes it that way, and when? Are the two incidents connected in any way?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The character of Baldabiou is very curious, as he lives on the edge of normal life all the time. Describe some of the oddities of Baldabiou and attempt to round out his character by describing where you think he came from and, mostly, where you think he is going at the end of the novel.
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