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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. How did the Marquis's father view him when he was younger?

2. What is Don Ygnacio's title?

3. How much is the beautiful slave bought for?

4. Who is Judas Iscariote?

5. Who tells Ygnacio that Sierva is going mad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is special about the tall slave girl brought into New Grenada from the ship?

2. Why does Sierva have a strong affinity for the African culture?

3. How is rabies treated by the citizens of New Grenada from the first chapter?

4. What is the connection between the skull found in the crypts of the convent and the author's memories of a legend?

5. Describe Bernarda and Ygnacio's relationship with Sierva.

6. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

7. Describe the character of the Bishop.

8. How does the friendship between Ygnacio and Dr. Abrenuncio begin?

9. How does Sierva's relationship with her father improve in Chapter 2?

10. Why must the convent not cut Sierva's hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Abrenuncio and Father Cayetano are the two most highly educated men in New Grenada. Citing specific examples from the text, discuss these two characters, including the following:

- Their differing backgrounds of science and faith.

- Their perceptions of each other, before and after they meet.

- Their concern over Sierva's fate.

- The possibilities of faith and science coming together, as exemplified by these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- The purpose in naming a character Judas Iscariote.

- The lepers as a symbol of the decay of the church.

- Father Aquino's mysterious death.

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples from the text and including a strong thesis statement, discuss the physical intimacy of Cayetano's relationship to Sierva, including the following:

- His fascination with her before their first meeting.

- Sierva's relationship to the Virgin Mary.

- Cayetano's self-flagellation.

- Cayetano's insistence that the girl remain a virgin until their marriage.

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