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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 submitted Paulo into the mental hospital when he was young?

2. Which of the following does Veronika not believe in?

3. Where does Veronika live?

4. How is Zedka woken up from her treatment?

5. Who watches over Veronika as she sleeps?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Veronika choose to overdose on sleeping pills instead of killing herself with other methods?

2. What does Veronika think of breakfast at Villete?

3. How does playing the piano make Veronika feel?

4. Why is Veronika treated unkindly by The Fraternity members when they first meet?

5. Why does Paulo consider changing Veronika's name for his retelling of the story?

6. How does Veronika react whens he learns that she has a week to live?

7. Describe Paulo Coelho's father.

8. Why does Dr. Igor become annoyed at Veronika's mother when he is lecturing her?

9. What is The Fraternity and what do they believe in?

10. Why does Veronika smack the leader of The Fraternity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Veronika blooms sexually throughout her stay at Villete. When she first arrives she is a woman who has slept with many men, but has not truly experienced the forbidden lusts. Write an essay that explores Veronika's sexuality in Veronika Decides to Die. How does she bloom sexually throughout the course of the story? What happens to her? Who prompts her to begin thinking about forbidden lusts?

Essay Topic 2

The supporting characters in Veronika Decides to Die all go through their own transformations. For each character it is different as they approach life in varying ways. Write an essay the explains the transformations Eduard, Zedka, and Mari go through. What happens to each of these characters? How do they change over the course of the story? How does Veronika impact their lives? Is it because of her that they transform and better themselves?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the characters in Veronika Decides to Die are struggling for some kind of acceptance. For some characters it is their parents they want to accept them. For others it is their spouses or their children. Write an essay that analyzes the struggles for acceptance Veronika, Eduard, Zedka, and Mari go through over the course of the story. Which characters are struggling to be accepted by their parents? Why do these characters feel that their parents do not understand them? Which characters struggle for acceptance from their family? How do they overcome the obstacles in Villete to come out victorious so that they may return home?

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