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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Don Pepe's previous job?
(a) A lawyer
(b) A soldier
(c) A doctor
(d) A miner

2. What are the names of the small islands?
(a) The Butter Cups
(b) The Monkey Backs
(c) The Isabels
(d) The Floras

3. What nationality is Nostromo?
(a) Italian
(b) British
(c) Nigerian
(d) Polish

4. What is the name of the Sulaco superintendent?
(a) Nostromo
(b) Phil Mitchell
(c) Joseph Mitchell
(d) Joseph Conrad

5. Where does the revolt take place?
(a) Esmeraldu
(b) Sulaco
(c) The Isabella islets
(d) The capital city

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city has Martin Decoud spent most of his life?

2. How does Decoud manage to offend everyone?

3. Who lives in a lonely hut in the little bay?

4. What is the name of Don Jose's daughter?

5. What does Nostromo mean in Italian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Gould show a concern for her husband and his mine in Chapter 6, Part 2?

2. In what way does the mine symbolize power and authority?

3. How does the opening of the mine affect the local community?

4. How do the Goulds settle into Sulaco?

5. Describe Nostromo.

6. What is the Costaguanian idea of revolution?

7. What does Ribiera symbolize to the nation of Costaguana?

8. Describe the Gould family.

9. In what way does the party in Chapter 5, Part 2, reflect the problems that resulted in the civil war?

10. What is the Viola family's opinion of Nostromo?

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