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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 do people own individually?

2. What is Tommo disgusted by in how the Typees eat fish?

3. What are pi-pis used for?

4. What do the women use to lighten and soften their skin?

5. How is breadfruit prepared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommo describe of the natives' cosmetics?

2. Describe the practice of taboos among the Typees.

3. Who is Moa Artua, and how is he treated?

4. What does Tommo say about the Typees as swimmers?

5. What does Tommo say about the natives' fishing expedition?

6. What does Tommo say about the native practice of tattooing?

7. How is the men's company different from the women's company for Tommo?

8. What does Tommo say about the Typees' different foods?

9. How does Tommo describe the difference between men's work and women's work?

10. Who is Marnoo, and what is his interaction with Tommo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How would you describe "Typee" as an allegory? What allegorical or moral meaning does "Typee" have? What is it an allegory for? What do its plot, its development, and its ultimate resolution teach us? Is there a clear moral to the book? Do you think the book's moral is clear, intentionally vague, or accidentally vague?

Essay Topic 3

What barriers do Tommo and the Typees put up between themselves to preserve the difference between each other's cultures? How does Tommo remain a white man? How does he become a native? How are the natives affected by Tommo's culture? How do they protect their culture from Tommo's influence?

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