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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 Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?
2. What does Kory-Kory tell Tommo about the ancient site?
3. How does Tommo describe the sound made by the young women's instruments?
4. What does Tommo like about the Typee lifestyle?
5. How does Kory-Kory describe the Typee heaven?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tommo say about the native practice of tattooing?
2. How does Tommo compare the Typees to white people?
3. Who is Marnoo, and what is his interaction with Tommo?
4. Describe the practice of taboos among the Typees.
5. What does Tommo say about the Typees as swimmers?
6. How does Tommo describe the Typees' feelings about war?
7. Describe the harmonious aspects of Typee life Tommo notices.
8. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?
9. How does Tommo entertain the Typee children?
10. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the relationships between society and nature in the novel. What different uses does nature have to the whites? To the natives? Do the whites and natives have different relationships with the natural world? How does Melville characterize the different perspectives?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways do the Typees live up to Tommo's original ideas about them? In what ways are they different from his early impressions? What conclusions does he ultimately draw about them? What changes his original ideas, if his original ideas change?
Essay Topic 3
What role has Polynesia played in the American or Western imagination? What have the Pacific islands meant for white people? How was Melville trading on this impression? How did he resist it with his "peep" into Polynesian life? How did he reinforce the stereotypical views of Polynesia?
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