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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dr. Coutras surprised Strickland could paint the hut?
(a) He had no eyes.
(b) He had no hands.
(c) He had no paint.
(d) He was incredibly weak.

2. Why does Crabbe feel guilty about Dirk?
(a) He is giving money to Blanche.
(b) He is using Dirk's character for a story.
(c) He feels at fault.
(d) He can't stop laughing at him.

3. Why does Strickland say he can't go to Holland?
(a) He has been commissioned to paint a portrait.
(b) He doesn't have the money.
(c) He is going to London.
(d) He has other fish to fry.

4. What does Strickland suggest he and Crab do together?
(a) Write a play.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Have a drink.
(d) Paint a house.

5. What does Brunot say he has used to create his beauty?
(a) Paint.
(b) A family.
(c) Words.
(d) An island.

6. What does Crabbe tell Strickland to sit on?
(a) A settee.
(b) A cushion.
(c) An arm chair.
(d) A stool.

7. What does Strickland draw on the hut walls?
(a) Religious images.
(b) His self portrait.
(c) Images of Tahiti.
(d) England.

8. What disease does Strickland die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) AIDS.

9. What is the last thing Strickland paints?
(a) The walls of the hut.
(b) His wife and childen.
(c) The hut roof.
(d) The plantation.

10. What does Crabbe say Dirk nursed Strickland like?
(a) A grandmother.
(b) A mother.
(c) A lover.
(d) A father.

11. What is the piano covered with?
(a) Silk.
(b) A curtain.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A throw.

12. How does Strickland react when Crabbe makes his observations about his relationship with Blanche?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He slaps him.
(d) He walks away.

13. Who suggests that Crabbe visits Captain Brunot?
(a) Eden.
(b) Ata.
(c) Strickland.
(d) Tiare.

14. What does Crabbe say he is beginning to get bored with?
(a) Paris.
(b) Blanche's tragedy.
(c) Dirk's company.
(d) Strickland's genius.

15. Where in Marseilles does Nichols claim he first met Strickland?
(a) An art museum.
(b) A friend's apartment.
(c) A homeless shelter.
(d) A ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tough Bill give Strickland in this section?

2. What country does Crabbe suggest Dirk goes to for awhile?

3. How does Dr. Coutras know Strickland?

4. What does the nurse say Blanche is too weak to use?

5. What does Crabbe call the parts of Strickland's life which is known to the public?

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