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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 Sandro think about the day so far after he and Margot are done eating?
2. What has been embarrassing for Sandro?
3. How old was Alessandro when he fell in love with a movie star?
4. In what has Sandro been unlucky in the past?
5. What does Margot ask Volmaro as he is counting out money?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Sandro and Margot do and what is Margot's response?
2. How does Sandro's feelings change from the time of entering the annulment proceedings to after meeting with the judges?
3. What does Margot ask Sandro as far as their visit to Volmaro and what is his reply?
4. How does Margot act after Sandro has moved back to Rome?
5. Relate Sandro's story about his love for a movie star when he was young.
6. What is Father Francisco's directive concerning the nuns disturbing him?
7. When is Margot ready for the final phase of restoring Aretino; where does she go for help in this phase and what does she do?
8. What does Margot decide about leaving Florence and then what makes her change her decision?
9. What do the judges decide about Sandro's annulment application?
10. How does Margot set up a false trail for auctioning Aretino?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Italy, which is very strongly Roman Catholic, has very strict divorce laws in the 1960s, and still stricter laws in the present day compared to the United States. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the divorce laws and options in Italy of the 1960s to the United States of the 1960s. How are the alike? Different? What do you think is the rationale for each country's divorce laws? Do you think Italian or American divorce laws in the 1960s were too strict? In the present day?
2. Compare/contrast the divorce laws and options in Italy of the 1960s to present-day Italy. How are the alike? Different? What do you think is the reason for their divorce laws? Do you think Italian divorce laws in the 1960s were too strict? In the present day?
3. Why do you think Alessandro is seeking an annulment to his marriage rather than a divorce? (this will require a little research). Do you agree with the judges' ruling? Should any couple be allowed to divorce just because one or both of them want a divorce? Why or why not. What is the purpose of making couples go through divorce? Does the idea of an annulment seem hypocritical in many cases? What about in Alessandro's case.
Essay Topic 2
Margot refers to the poem her mother had loved by Robert Frost entitled "The Road Not Taken." Margot realizes that there is no "other road." Her only life is the one that she is living now. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze and give a reader response to Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken." Consider such things as imagery, metaphor, syntax, rhythm, and of course, meaning.
2. Take your analysis of "The Road Not Taken" and trace and analyze how it is relevant to The Sixteen Pleasures. What characters are most concerned with the road not taken? What character(s) have irretrievably lost something important by taking a different fork? What character(s) cannot recover from a poor choice made at various forks?
3. Discuss one or two of your own "roads not taken." Do you still regret taking one road versus another in a particular situation? Do you think it would be good to let go? Can you go back and travel the other road? What "difference" has the choice made for you?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels and short stories have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Sixteen Pleasures, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Sixteen Pleasures. (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
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