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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 Villanelle say the canals are always busy with?

2. Why is Villanelle apprehensive about her first dinner date with the Queen of Spades?

3. What does Henri say his village does at the end of every winter?

4. How does David flatter Napoleon?

5. According to legend, what herb do boatsmen´s wives leave in the boat when they make their offerings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Villanelle work? How does she dress there? Why does she dress this way?

2. Why doesn´t Patrick pray to the Virgin Mary? Why does he think this?

3. According to the rumors, what do boatmen have? What are they not able to take off?

4. What is the name of the main character? When do we first hear it?

5. What special talent does Patrick possess? What job is he given by Bonaparte?

6. In Henri's story about the man who thought himself an inventor, why did the man go to town for a few months, leaving his family? Who seemed to hold the man together?

7. What is a vivandiere? Why are they sent to the camps?

8. How many hands tall is Napoleon's horse? Why could no stable boy last?

9. While Henri serves in Court, what does he see Josephine doing? How does this make him feel?

10. What does Villanelle tell the old homeless woman who she rows past? What does the woman tell Villanelle to beware?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The old homeless woman that Villanelle talks to in Venice is a key figure in the novel. Write an essay on what role her character plays and her affect on the other characters in the novel. Make sure to use at least 2 examples on your essay.

Essay Topic 2

War is the main conflict in the novel, and it brings the two narrators together. What purpose does the war serve in the novel? Write an essay about war in The Passion and its effect on at least 3 characters.

Essay Topic 3

Sexual roles an important part in the interaction between the characters of The Passion. Using at least 3 characters, write an essay on the theme of how sexual roles are represented in the novel.

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