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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. Where do Yvonne and Hugh chase the consul after dinner at the hotel?

2. Who does Yvonne think is to blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?

3. What small charge do the police accuse the consul of?

4. How does Yvonne feel about attending the bull fight?

5. What insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Yvonne's letter depresses the consul as he is heading up the mountain?

2. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?

3. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?

4. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

5. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?

6. What causes Yvonne and the consul to feel happy and in love again during the bull fight?

7. What is the real reason why the consul wants to stay at Laruelle's house even though Yvonne wants to leave?

8. How do Hugh and Yvonne pass the afternoon at the hotel with the consul?

9. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?

10. Why is Yvonne really in such a hurry to leave Laruelle's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze three of the consul's hallucinations and discuss 1) what each shows the reader about the consul's declining health as well as 2) at least one literary device Lowry uses in each hallucinatory episode to convey what is happening, in the consul's mind, to the reader.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss at least three ways that Lowry's placement of the novel in a foreign country (foreign to the consul, that is) has an impact on the novel.

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