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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tough Bill give Strickland in this section?
(a) A canvas and paint.
(b) A passport.
(c) Traveling papers.
(d) A bible.

2. What does Crabbe say Strickland walks up and down the room like?
(a) An agitated tiger.
(b) A caged beast.
(c) A schitzophrenic.
(d) A posessed man.

3. How did Blanche try to kill herself?
(a) She took poison.
(b) She took sleeping pills.
(c) She slit her wrists.
(d) She tried to hang herself.

4. What city does Strickland travel to after he shows Crabbe his paintings?
(a) London.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Stuttgart.
(d) Lyon.

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

6. What does Strickland say Dirk is good at?
(a) Painting.
(b) Talking.
(c) Driving.
(d) Cooking.

7. How does Brunot say Strickland lived?
(a) Like a commoner.
(b) Like a native.
(c) Like a God.
(d) Like a king.

8. What does Crabbe think of Strickland's paintings?
(a) Earthy and soulful.
(b) Beautiful and sensual.
(c) Awkward and clumsy.
(d) Sensationalist and exaggerated.

9. What does Dirk say has happened to Blanche in this section?
(a) She has broken her leg.
(b) She has killed herself.
(c) She has contracted a disease.
(d) She has left Paris.

10. What does Crabbe say is Strickland's constant struggle?
(a) To fall in love.
(b) To become normal.
(c) To live his own life.
(d) To free his spirit.

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

12. Why does Nichols have to cut his time short with Crabbe?
(a) His wife is calling him.
(b) He has an appointment.
(c) He is feeling sick.
(d) He has to get back to work.

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

14. What is the name of the man Crabbe tells Tiare a story about?
(a) David.
(b) John.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Nicky.

15. What was the name of Strickland's Tahitian wife?
(a) Arni.
(b) Tiare.
(c) Ata.
(d) Jo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Crabbe think Dirk's father does in the evening?

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

4. What kind of coffee does Crabbe's concierge bring him at the beginning of Chapter 34?

5. What does Stroeve start doing twice a day?

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