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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 MacAndrew's rank in the army?

2. What has Strickland put over himself to keep warm?

3. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?

4. What does Strickland say is the only thing he wants to paint?

5. What name does the Colonel call Strickland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of painting does Dirk paint?

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

3. How does Crabbe describe Strickland in Chapter 6?

4. How does Dirk persuade Blanche to let Strickland stay?

5. Why does Mrs. Strickland think Charles will return to her?

6. What does the author think of Rev. Robert Strickland's biography of his father?

7. Describe Strickland's job as a tour guide?

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

9. How does Crabbe describe Mrs. Strickland?

10. How does Strickland try to keep himself alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Maugham suggest is the nature of genius? Why is Charles Strickland considered a genius?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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