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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 character in the Bible is present in Tsu's dream in Chapter 11?

2. What does Isobe observe a group of Indians do in Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 8, how many of the tourists decide to stay in the city rather than going on with the bus?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Isobe realize he believes?

5. What does Mitsuko offer to do for Kiguchi in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Isobe go despite concerns about civil unrest?

2. How does Sanja think he will make a name for himself as a photographer?

3. When do the Hindus and Tsu rise in the morning?

4. What does Tsu feel he is doing when he carries an old, dying woman to the river?

5. What does Isobe think about the fortuneteller he visits in Chapter 9?

6. What quote does Tsu read of Mahatma Gandhi's?

7. What does Kiguchi do in remembrance of his friend and other dead soldiers?

8. Where is Tsu staying in Chapter 9?

9. What significance is there to the next day, October 31st?

10. What did the Catholic priests tell Tsu he should do if he believed Gandhi's quote, and what does Tsu do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isobe cannot let go of his wife, in part because he never fulfilled their connection in life.

Discuss what you think is meant by the above statement. Use examples from Deep River to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Deep River, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Deep River. Trace and analyze one major theme of Deep River. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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