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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 is Tommo disgusted by in how the Typees eat fish?

2. What animals is Tommo surprised to find in Typee?

3. What is Tommo surprised not to find on the island?

4. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?

5. How does Kory-Kory reassure Tommo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a typical day for Tommo.

2. How does Tommo describe the Typees' feelings about war?

3. Describe Typee marriage arrangements.

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

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

6. What sight disturbs Tommo?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

How does Tommo change or grow through the action of "Typee"? How is he a different person at the end of the book than he was at the beginning?

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