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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 is Marcelino's job?

2. What does Don Luis invite Dona Adela to?

3. What does Adela always do when she gets changed?

4. By what name does the Count call Don Jaime?

5. What does Dona Adela de Otero want from Don Jaime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Don Jaime closing the shutters on the demonstrators say about how he likes to live his life?

2. Describe Luis de Ayala.

3. Describe the room in which Don Jaime waits for Adela Otero.

4. How does Dona Adela meet Don Luis in this section?

5. How does Dona make Don Jaime uncomfortable in this section?

6. Describe Don Jaime's dream in this section.

7. How does Don Luis offend Don Jaime in this section?

8. What is the only thing that Don Jaime knows about Dona Adela's private life?

9. What is Don Jaime's opinion on God?

10. How does Don Jaime react to Romero's depression over his unrequited love for the married woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1860s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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