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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. Which character in this chapter calls Mrs. Gould "my soul"?

2. What does Decoud want to become independent from Costaguana?

3. What is General Barrios' hobby?

4. What are the names of the small islands?

5. Who does Mitchell say he and his crew rescued?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Antonia and Decoud's opinion on the revolution differ?

2. How do President Ribiera's problems start?

3. What happens to the Americans that go in search of the silver mine?

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

5. In what way do Decoud's plans change?

6. Why is Ribiera important to the industrialists?

7. Why does Decoud want to make Sulaco independent?

8. In what way does this chapter highlight Ribiera's weaknesses?

9. What is the Costaguanian idea of revolution?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the responsibility that comes with power. How much self restraint does, for example, a president have to have? Is it possible for him always to implement his own ideas? Does a strong societal structure create good leaders?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is set in South America.

1) What meaning does South America bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in South America?

2) How different do you think today's South America is to the South America in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's South America?

Essay Topic 3

Nostromo is a famous book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Nostromo that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

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