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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. Who gets on the bus when it stops for a bathroom break?
2. What does Hugh do when he gets to the hotel with Yvonne and the consul?
3. What kinds of people are on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?
4. Where do the animals ride on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?
5. What kind of person do the police accuse the consul of being?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the real reason why the consul wants to stay at Laruelle's house even though Yvonne wants to leave?
2. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?
3. Why does the consul want the sun to stand still after the bus ride he takes with Yvonne and Hugh?
4. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?
5. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?
6. What does the consul's desire for the sun not to set foreshadow?
7. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?
8. How does Yvonne ultimately die?
9. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?
10. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of women in "Under the Volcano" and at least three literary devices Lowry uses when presenting female characters in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Does Yvonne die a happy or unhappy woman? Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Given what you know about Malcolm Lowry, write an argument about how "Under the Volcano" is semi-autobiographical. Make sure to use facts from Lowry's life as well as direct evidence from the text to support your position.
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