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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 is Jane doing in the start of Part III?

2. What does Adam tell Teresa in order to try to make her jealous?

3. What does Adam buy in Corte Ingles?

4. What does Adam do in the bathroom at dinner with Isabel?

5. What does Adam use to pay for his dinner and expensive things for Isabel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Adam often try to impress besides Isabel?

2. What does Adam grapple with participating, or not participating, in in Part IV?

3. What does Adam say to Teresa that is really a genuine sentiment in Part IV?

4. Who wins the elections in Spain in Part IV?

5. Who is Adam surprised to learn does not vote in Spanish elections?

6. What does Isabel tell Adam that takes him by surprise in Grenada?

7. What story does Adam present as his own to Isabel that was really Cyrus's?

8. What does Adam buy for Isabel as a gift?

9. When do Adam and Teresa start becoming closer?

10. What does a woman bring to Cyrus and Jane to help with their shock in Part III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lerner treat topics of class and social status in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do most of Adam's acquaintances in Spain, from Isabel to Arturo, treat him in general? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Does Adam ever come to a deeper understanding about himself by the end of the novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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