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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 do the police kick on top of the consul's dead body?
2. Who does Yvonne think is to blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?
3. What do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul argue about over dinner at the hotel?
4. Which member of the visiting trio stays behind at Laruelle's home?
5. Why does the visitor arrive at Laruelle's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Laruelle and Hugh have in common from their childhoods?
2. What does Yvonne see the bull as a symbol of?
3. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?
4. Why does no one offer to help the man who gets on the bus who has clearly been mugged?
5. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?
6. What is the real reason why the consul wants to stay at Laruelle's house even though Yvonne wants to leave?
7. Why does the consul want the sun to stand still after the bus ride he takes with Yvonne and Hugh?
8. Why are the movie posters Yvonne sees during her bus ride significant?
9. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?
10. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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