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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. When did Oscar begin his routine of running and swimming?
2. In Part 1, how often do Chiara and her sister want Oliver to eat dinner with them?
3. In Part 1, how old is Oliver?
4. In Part 1, who does Oliver ask to go on a midnight spin in the motorboat?
5. On page 71, how much time does Oliver have left at Elio's home?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Elio feel when he sees Chiara with Oliver?
2. In Part 2, when Oliver and Elio go to town for the second time during his visit, what does Elio do and see as he waits for Oliver to get some papers?
3. In Part 2, after Oliver and Elio go to town together for the second time since he came, what happens at lunch?
4. What are Elio's thoughts as he waits for Oliver by the war memorial in Part 2?
5. In Part 2, how does Elio describe the flower shop in B.?
6. In Part 2, when Elio is the spot where he likes to read, what does he say about being wise?
7. What does Oliver say that Anchise did for him in Part 2?
8. Why is Elio in agony in Part 2 when Oliver returns and says that Milani mixed up his pages and has to retype everything?
9. How is the room described where Elio spends the six weeks that the summer guests are at his home?
10. In Part 2, as Oliver and Elio go to town together for the second time during Oliver's visit, what do they stop and look at?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Parts 1-3 of the novel take place over a six-week time frame. Part 4 covers many years. How do the jumps in time impact the storyline? What do they reveal about characters?
Essay Topic 2
Elio is intimate with both Marzia and Oliver. How are the relationships different? How are the same? How do the relationships affect Elio and the struggles he faces as he deals with his attraction to Oliver?
Essay Topic 3
Rome broadens Elio’s horizons. How does the city symbolize the ways Oliver has widened Elio’s world?
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