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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 are pi-pis used for?

2. What is it that amazes Tommo about the Stonehenge-like site?

3. Where does Kory-Kory tell Tommo the chief in the mausoleum is going?

4. What is amar made of?

5. How is scented coconut oil made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the harmonious aspects of Typee life Tommo notices.

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

4. How do the Typees harvest coconuts, in Tommo's account?

5. Describe Tommo's relationship with the women of Typee.

6. What happens after the second skirmish with the Happars?

7. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?

8. What kinds of animal life does Tommo find on the island with the Typees?

9. What does Tommo say about the natives' musical arts?

10. What does Tommo say about relations between Typee husbands and wives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of technology in "Typee"? What does it mean to Tommo, and what does it mean to the Typees? Tommo admires the Typees' technology-free lifestyle, but he does not particularly benefit by western technology, or medical knowledge. How do the Typees relate to technology? What about their ancient predecessors, who made the Stonehenge-like structures? Does the significance of technology change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolic landscape of Nukuheva? What associations and symbolic meanings resonate in each of the settings: the seashore, the mountains, the ravines, the village, the sacred grounds? Describe Toby and Tommo's movement through the various landscapes in symbolic or allegorical terms.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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