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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 Patrick say happened to his boots?
2. What does the narrator say Napoleon has a passion for?
3. Who is the author of 'The Passion'?
4. What does the Queen of Spades leave for Villanelle at the gaming table?
5. What special talent does Patrick possess?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to legend, what does a boatsmen´s wife do when she is pregnant? What is she supposed to wish for?
2. 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?
3. What is a vivandiere? Why are they sent to the camps?
4. What is the name of the main character? When do we first hear it?
5. How tall are Napoleon's servants? Why is this?
6. Why doesn´t Patrick pray to the Virgin Mary? Why does he think this?
7. After Villanelle´s first date with The Queen of Spades, what does she attempt to do? Who sees her?
8. What is Villanelle´s stepfather´s reaction to her birth defect? How does Villanelle account for her stepfather´s reaction?
9. What does Henri serve Josephine when he first meets her? Why is Henri uncomfortable during this encounter?
10. When the little village girl asks Henri who he will kill, what does he reply? How does he clarify this for her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The relationship between the two narrators is a central theme in The Passion. Write an essay about the relationship between Villanelle and Henri from both sides, as Winterson does. How is their love impossible?
Essay Topic 2
In The Passion, religion plays an important part of the lives of many of the characters. Also, Winterson uses religious terminology and diction often in the novel. Write an essay on the influence of religion on the characters of the novel and the novel itself. What does religion bring to The Passion?
Essay Topic 3
Passion is a key theme throughout the novel. Write an essay about passion, using at least three different ways that passion comes across in the novel. Also, be sure that your examples encompass at least 4 characters/elements of passion.
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