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

2. What does Crabbe call Strickland's relationship with Blanche?

3. Where in Marseilles does Nichols claim he first met Strickland?

4. What does Crabbe think of Strickland's paintings?

5. What does Dirk say has happened to Blanche in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crabbe notice about Blanche when he sees her with Strickland?

2. Why does Dirk want Crabbe to write Blanche a letter?

3. What observation does Crabbe make about Strickland's relationship with Blanche?

4. How does Cohen know Strickland?

5. What does Ata do after Strickland dies?

6. How did Nichols and Strickland become friends?

7. Why does Captain have to cut his time short with Crabbe?

8. How has the poison damaged Blanche?

9. How does Mrs. Strickland react to news about her husband?

10. Why does Brunot think he and Strickland are alike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What suggestions are there earlier in the book that Charles Strickland would become the artist he eventually became? What does it express about the nature of art and the artist that someone as seemingly dull as Strickland can become a renowned artist?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Crabbe present Crabbe as a weak man? Would his character be presented as weak in contemporary literature?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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