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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. Whose body do the characters discover in the brothel?

2. Where does Minke have to travel to in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 13, who gives Minke's article a bad review?

4. What happens in Chapter 17, as a result of Minke's article?

5. Who does Miriam want Minke to set an example for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the debate Minke faces between returning to Annelies' home and staying with the de la Croix family?

2. Why is Minke warned to stay away from Magda Peters?

3. What happens when Minke asks his teachers about the Association Theory?

4. Why is Minke able to graduate school despite his expulsion?

5. What does Annelies reveal to Minke at the end of Chapter 14?

6. What happens in the court case at the end of Chapter 16?

7. Who reveals that Minke wrote the article in Chapter 13 and who comes to his defense?

8. What is the Association Theory and who tells Minke about it?

9. How have things changed when Minke returns to school in Chapter 13?

10. What does it appear Minke's mother wants for her son at the wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Jean Marais' army status? Do Minke or Marais think there is a problem with it at the time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Minke. How does Minke change from the beginning to the end of the book? Why? Do you believe Minke is innocent at the start of the book? Choose one other character in the book (other than Annelies and Nyai) and explain their relationship with Minke.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term foreshadow. How does Pramoedya Ananta Toer use foreshadowing in his book? Provide two examples of foreshadowing and the events they predict.

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