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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. Who is Linda's father?

2. What does Montero ask Don Pepe in his letter?

3. Which of the following characters is not being held prisoner by Sotillo?

4. With whom does Decoud tend to the wounded?

5. Why does the chief engineer help the townspeople?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do the town leaders show their true colors in Part 3, Chapter 1?

2. Why do you think that Sotillo's takeover of Sulaco is so quick and brutal?

3. What is Don Pepe's plan to protect the silver mine?

4. How does the news of Nostromo and Decoud's supposed deaths prove their peers' real opinion of them?

5. What does Decoud write in his letter to his sister?

6. What does Captain Mitchell say on his tours around the Occidental Republic?

7. What has happened to Decoud?

8. How does Nostromo's role as a servant help him to take the silver?

9. What is Sotillo's plan once he gets to Sulaco?

10. What do the town leaders show is their true worry in Part 3, Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Conrad use character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character, Nostromo, examine the way Conrad uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following statement: "The ideas in Nostromo are universal and therefore still relevant today." Using two examples from the book, write an essay either for or against the statement.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Antonia and Decoud.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

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