Ship of Fools Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Ship of Fools Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 many Americans are on board the ship?

2. What do the local people try to get from the travelers?

3. In what month of the year does the story take place?

4. What color shirt does the political agitator wear?

5. In what year does the story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the book's title?

2. How does Dr. Schumann try to calm La Condesa before she departs?

3. Which passengers debark when the ship docks at Vigo?

4. What is ironic about Herr Lowenthal?

5. How do Jenny and Willhelm Freytag meet?

6. What unpleasant task does Dr. Schumann have to do now that the ship is in port?

7. Who are the Spanish people and why do they create such a stir among the passengers?

8. How does the Captain endure the fiesta in his honor?

9. Explain the author's basis for the novel.

10. What are the Huttens feeling toward the group of Spanish dancers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism of La Condesa? Who does she represent as a whole as she is being exiled from Cuba? What is the symbolism of Dr. Schumann's desire to help her and love her but his inability to do it in the end? Consider the nationalities of the characters. Explain.

Essay Topic 2

What are the countries represented by the passengers in the story? What are the occupations or professions represented? What do these countries and occupations symbolize on the world stage at the time?

Essay Topic 3

Freytag thinks to himself, "That easy way out was not for him. His way out was clear--the road ran all the way in, and through, and out again on the other side; all he had to do was to keep going, and not lose his head, and not let Jew or Christian bedevil him into losing his temper and playing into their hands." What literary technique is used in this example? What is Freytag saying?

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