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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. Who helps Ulysses get set up in the town in Italy?

2. What kind of tree does Cress particularly love?

3. What is Ulysses's nickname in the army?

4. Why is Cress so late coming to Italy?

5. What does Massimo tell Ulysses to wait to purchase so as not to risk making the neighbors jealous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ulysses sometimes resentful and angry towards Peg during his first years in Italy?

2. How does Evelyn know Margaret?

3. What is really unusual about Claude?

4. What is Col known for?

5. Who does Ulysses want to come with him to Italy, and who actually comes?

6. Who are some of Ulysses's first visitors in Italy?

7. What extraordinary act does Ulysses perform off-duty in Italy in Part I?

8. How does Col seem to feel about the fact that Cress and Ulysses have moved to Italy?

9. What does Cress commune with that is unusual and quirky?

10. Why does Ulysses feel he will not die in the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Peg's learning about what really happened to Eddie affect Peg's life after this knowledge towards the novel's end? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Winman treat the topic of art and its meaning to main characters throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Winman describe the toll of the war on the main characters, but especially on Ulysses and Peg? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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