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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 Yvonne do once she arrives back at the consul's house?

2. What job does Hugh take after being at sea?

3. Why does the consul briefly consider switching alcohols after he has fallen down?

4. What does Hugh do in his earlier years in an attempt to elevate his celebrity?

5. How many drinks does it take for the consul to get steady on his feet after not drinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hugh feel cheated out of his experience at sea?

2. What does the consul begin to think about Yvonne after her bath?

3. What does Laruelle observe about the consul's adoptive family?

4. What does the consul think and say about Yvonne's looks to her?

5. How does Yvonne react to seeing the consul when she returns to Quauhnahuac?

6. What does Hugh hope has happened to his music career while he was at sea?

7. Where is the consul sent to live, as a young boy, after his parents died?

8. What two desires torment the consul?

9. Why is the consul afraid of the doctor when he approaches him at Quincey's?

10. Why does Hugh feel that his youth is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

About which character does the reader of "Under the Volcano" know the most? Why is this? What evidence from the text supports your position?

Essay Topic 2

Which attraction is stronger in the consul: Yvonne or alcohol? (Keep in mind that there may be a difference between what the consul wants and what the consul is able to do, given his severe alcoholism.) Use direct evidence from the text to support your well-written argument.

Essay Topic 3

What is the reader supposed to assume happens to Hugh? Make sure to use direct evidence from at least three instances in the text that you feel supports your thesis.

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