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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 does Ennis tell Alma before he and Jack head out?
2. How does the author describe what happened to Ennis and Alma's relationship after his first visit with Jack?
3. How does Ennis react when Alma tells him she knows what he and Jack have been up to?
4. How many years apart are Ennis and his brother K.E.?
5. What does Alma find when Ennis returned from the trip with Jack when she wrote him a note?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jack tell Ennis about the affair he was having with a married woman during their trip in May 1983?
2. What does Jack tell Ennis about his son during their trip together in May 1983?
3. While at the Motel Siesta, what does Jack suggest he and Ennis do about their situation?
4. Where does Ennis tell Alma he and Jack are going the night Jack came to visit?
5. Why does Ennis have to skip their planned trip for August 1983 and how does Jack feel?
6. What does Alma suggest they do when Jack comes to visit, and how does Ennis respond?
7. What does Ennis tell Alma when he realizes she saw the way they greeted each other?
8. What does Ennis tell Jack about the day he drove away from Brokeback Mountain four years earlier?
9. What does Jack say after he and Ennis have sex at the Motel Siesta?
10. Why does Alma work as a grocery clerk while married to Ennis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of "Brokeback Mountain." In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes? How would the story be different if told in the present day?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in "Brokeback Mountain." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes of love, repression, and regret.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about Annie Proulx's decision to write a story with two protagonists, Jack and Ennis. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if the focus was on either Jack or Ennis?
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