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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 Strickland ask Crabbe when they meet on the street?

2. What word best describes Strickland's childhood?

3. What does Crabbe say he would like to represent Mrs. Strickland as?

4. What does Blanche do when she becomes exasperated with Dirk?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Strickland reveal about Blanche's past?

6. How does Cohen know Strickland?

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

8. How has the poison damaged Blanche?

9. How does Crabbe wish he could his story about Strickland more compelling?

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

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

How long had Strickland has felt indifferently towards his family? How will Strickland's indifference towards people help him to achieve his aim to become an artist?

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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