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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. Why does Cochran decide not to mention what took place in the locker room to Miryea?

2. On what does Amador brief Cochran?

3. Nordstrom and Laura make love with the passion of their first date in the country. How does Nordstrom feel at this time?

4. One night Cochran offers to take Miryea away to Seville, where no one will find them. How does she respond?

5. At the end of the semester, what does Nordstrom do blindfolded?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cochran meet the Texan and spend time with him?

2. What does Nordstrom do after most of Sonia's friends go off to a disco?

3. What does Tibey do for a very sick Miryea? Why does he do this?

4. What does Cochran do while he recuperates?

5. What happens to the Texan?

6. What is happening to Cochran's cover story? What is done to try to save it?

7. For what does Cochran prepare? How does this hurt him?

8. What happens when Cochran is dying?

9. How does Nordstrom react to his father's death?

10. How does Nordstrom realize that Laura has feelings for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nordstrom has a preoccupation with sexuality.

Part 1) How is this reflected in his relationships? What might cause this preoccupation?

Part 2) How does his sexuality change throughout the story? With what other events do these sexual or lack of sexual feelings parallel?

Part 3) Would you consider this preoccupation normal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Laura and Nordstrom's relationship is sexual.

Part 1) How does this affect their marriage? Why does it affect their marriage this way?

Part 2) How does this reflect Nordstrom's feelings about himself?

Part 3) How does their relationship affect their daughter? How does Nordstrom go about remedying his relationship with his daughter? What are your feelings about how he does this? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in REVENGE feel regret.

Part 1) Why do they feel regret? What are the causes of this regret?

Part 2) How does this regret influence their actions? How does it affect the plot?

Part 3) How could this regret have been avoided? How might this have altered the plot, as well as the outcome of the story?

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