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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 the name of the crime novelist Strickland enjoys reading?

2. What city has Strickland run off to?

3. What word does the author use to describe Rose Waterford's intelligence?

4. What kind of beast does the Colonel call Strickland?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Strickland think he can become a successful painter?

2. How do Crabbe and Dirk find Strickland?

3. What is Rose Waterford's reaction to Strickland's disappearance?

4. Why does Strickland say he is looking forward to painting the plumber?

5. Why does Strickland say he has come to Paris?

6. How is Mrs. Strickland coping with her husband's disappearance?

7. How does Blanche surprise the author?

8. How does Crabbe describe Strickland in Chapter 6?

9. Who is Dirk Stroeve?

10. What does the author about George Crabbe's poetry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way do Amy and Strickland's lives take an opposite direction after Strickland leaves for Paris? What does it say about their natural characters that they both succeed in their new lives?

Essay Topic 2

What was Strickland's life like on Tahiti? In what way could it be said that he finally found peace with himself?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Blanche fear Strickland? What does it say about Blanche's past that she does feel such fear for him? Do the students think she fears Strickland or what he brings out in herself?

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