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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. Aschenbach's wife is _______.
2. What do Aschenbach's books represent?
3. How many times has Aschenbach been married?
4. What does Aschenbach credit his level of greatness to?
5. The man at the chapel has _____ teeth.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Tadzio's and his friend Jashu wrestle?
2. What benefit does Aschenbach believe he will gain from traveling? Why does he need this?
3. Why does Aschenbach think he hesitated to approach Tadzio?
4. How is the street performer similar to the man Aschenbach sees at the chapel in Part One? How is he similar to other men Aschenbach has seen throughout "Death In Venice?"
5. Why is Aschenbach excited about the possibility of Tadzio staying in Venice through the quarantine?
6. In Aschenbach's opinion, what does art conquer?
7. How does Aschenbach draw back from his daydream?
8. Why is Aschenbach comforted by the idea of a quarantine?
9. What successes has Aschenbach achieved in life?
10. Why does Venice smell of carbolic acid and why won't any Venetians explain this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The beginning of "Death In Venice" is full of foreshadowing.
1) Highlight points in the book where Mann and the narrator make abstract foreshadowing.
2) Highlight points in the book where you feel the outcome is predictable, given the concreteness the narrator or Mann has given the reader.
3) Highlight points where the course of the book changes, and what the narrator and Mann had established seem to veer from the reader's predictions.
4) To what point does this predictability work towards?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator is in control of the way the readers see "Death In Venice." Why is the personality of the narrator crucial to the story? Why couldn't the story of "Death In Venice" exist without this narrator?
Essay Topic 3
What does Aschenbach represent about art, the political situation of the world at the time "Death In Venice" is set, and the city of Venice itself?
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