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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 geographical item does Yvonne admire in the distance after the bus ride?
2. What makes Yvonne fall (the first time) while searching for the consul in the storm?
3. What does Hugh try to do to the trio's dynamics during the bus ride?
4. Who gets on the bus when it stops for a bathroom break?
5. What does the consul think about Yvonne as he storms out of the hotel restaurant?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?
2. How do Hugh and Yvonne pass the afternoon at the hotel with the consul?
3. What about Yvonne's letter depresses the consul as he is heading up the mountain?
4. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?
5. Why are the movie posters Yvonne sees during her bus ride significant?
6. Why does no one offer to help the man who gets on the bus who has clearly been mugged?
7. What does Yvonne experience as she falls/dying?
8. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?
9. What does Yvonne see the bull as a symbol of?
10. As he reflects on his life at the hotel, what does the consul think about his happiness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a well-reasoned argument stating that, despite his major flaws, the consul is in fact a good man. Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why does Lowry choose to have Yvonne and the consul appear to reconcile and mend their relationship at the bull fight? What message is he trying to convey about each character through this event?
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