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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. In his sorrow over the cat's fate, what does the narrator compare the cat to in a column?

2. What music is playing when the narrator goes into the room to see the girl after a month apart?

3. Who takes the ill cat to the veterinarian?

4. The narrator imagines singing love duets by _________ with the girl.

5. Whose poems is the narrator finally able to translate in the midst of his illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator's feeling for the girl change his column?

2. What is the narrator's experience like reading to the girl?

3. What kind of objects does the narrator bring to the girl's room?

4. What does the narrator think is the real explanation for Rosa Cabarcas's long absence?

5. What does the narrator imagine happened during the stormy night?

6. What does the narrator discuss during his breakfasts with Rosa Cabarcas?

7. What happens when the narrator sees a bicycle that has been hit by a bus?

8. What happens when the narrator arrives at Rosa Cabarcas's to see the girl after a month apart?

9. How does his time with the girl change the narrator?

10. What gifts do the narrator and the girl exchange for Christmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of the shelter cat the narrator acquires. Define symbolism and support your statements with textual references.

Essay Topic 2

What is ironic about the narrator's ninetieth year? How does the author draw on this irony to illustrate a greater truth?

Essay Topic 3

What is the lasting impression that "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" makes on the reader? What do you think the author's intent was in writing this novel?

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