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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 has Strickland put over himself to keep warm?

2. Where did the author travel to during the war?

3. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?

4. What does the author say Strickland's clothes hang off him like?

5. What is Dirk's religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Dirk Stroeve?

2. What does Strickland say he has been doing for the previous five years?

3. How does Mrs. Strickalnd respond to the news that her husband wants to take up painting?

4. How does Crabbe describe Strickland in Chapter 6?

5. What kind of painting does Dirk paint?

6. How does Dirk say he made a fool of himself in this section?

7. How does the author describe Strickland's appearance?

8. How did Crabbe meet Mrs. Strickland?

9. How does Mrs. Strickland express her disgust for her husband by the way she brings up her daughter?

10. How do Crabbe and Dirk get Strickland out of his apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Dirk known only as a hack? What does this view and the view that Dirk is nothing but a buffoon say about Crabbe's character? Does Strickland's success suggest that everyone possesses genius as long as they can find their true selves?

Essay Topic 2

What signs are there in the book that Blanche is such an unstable person? How is her insecurity linked to her fear of Strickland?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could it be said that Crabbe identifies with Strickland? What suggestions are there in the book that Crabbe is not the person he is trying to present himself to be? Do people become better artists if they are more truthful about themselves?

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