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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 Alberto drink a shot of with Skinny at the bar in the beginning of Part One, Chapter 3?
2. What number does the Jaguar call out after the roll of dice in the opening of Part One, Chapter 1?
3. How many points does Alberto say he needs for the exam in Part One, Chapter 2?
4. The narrator says in Part One, Chapter 8 that who invented some new illness every two weeks for his wife in order to get a pass?
5. At what time do the narrator and his fellow cadets go into Emilio’s house after the dance lesson in Part One, Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Slave’s situation described in Part One, Chapter 5? How does the confinement affect him?
2. What are two depictions of women and female sexuality illustrated in The Time of the Hero?
3. How has the Slave’s death been foreshadowed in Part One?
4. How would you describe the linear/nonlinear style of the narrative in The Time of the Hero?
5. What happens when the exam’s theft is discovered in Part One? How do the cadets react?
6. What leads the Slave to his decision in Part One, Chapter 5? What decision does he reach?
7. How is the character of Arrospide described? What is his role in the narrative?
8. How is the theme of secrecy elicited symbolically in Part One, Chapter 3?
9. How is “manhood” defined in the world of the novel? How does this definition relate to the teachings at the Academy?
10. How does Vallano fit into the hierarchy of the Fifth Years at the Academy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Plot Structure
a. Discuss the plot structure of The Time of the Hero. In what ways is the narrative related and what effect does this have on the reader?
b. Discuss the linear and nonlinear elements of the narrative. Why does the author employ a nonlinear structure?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the character of Porfirio Cava in the novel. What are Cava’s relationships like among the Fifth Year cadets? How does Cava feel about his duty to steal the exams in Part One? What is the outcome for Cava in the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the character of “the Slave,” or Ricardo Arana, in the novel. How did the Slave earn his nickname? What relationship is illustrated between the Slave and the Poet in the first two chapters? What does the Slave symbolize in the story?
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