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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 did Strickland mostly paint while in Tahiti?

2. Why does Strickland say he can't go to Holland?

3. What does Brunot plan to use his Strickland paintings for in the future?

4. What did Brunot used to play with Strickland?

5. Who does Crabbe visit in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Crabbe feel guilty in this section?

2. How did Tiare persuade Strickland to marry Ata?

3. Why does Dirk refuse to go back to Holland?

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

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

6. What are Dirk's feelings about beauty?

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

8. How do the natives treat Ata when they hear Strickland has leprosy?

9. What does Crabbe think about Strickland's paintings?

10. What does Tiare think of men beating girls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How much do the students think Blanche's past contributed to her tragic ending? How do the students think Blanche's past shaped her decisions in the book? Do the students think she needed Dirk to help her get over her past? How do the students think Strickland is connected to her past?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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