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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. What does Joncour give to Helene when he returns from Japan on his first trip?
2. What present does the mistress have for Joncour after the party at Hara Kei's house?
3. What does Joncour do first when he arrives back at his home?
4. Where does Madame Blanche live?
5. What kind of living does Joncour make with the silk trade?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Joncour is given the note, he stops for a moment on his way out of town when leaving for home. Why does he stop? What is he doing? What is he thinking? What message is he trying to convey?
2. What does Helene do with the silk scarf her husband brings home to her? Why does she react that way? What do you think Helene senses about her husband?
3. It is against the law to sell silk eggs in Japan. Why is it reasonable in the eyes of the silk manufacturers to break a law in Japan? Are they concerned for the welfare of Joncour? Why? Why not?
4. What is Madame Blanche's calling card? What does she give the men she sleeps with?
5. Why does the young girl accompanying Hara Kei not have an Asian slant to her eyes? Does this give the reader a clue to her past? What?
6. What happens every time Hara Kei appears? Who leaves? Is this by design? Why do you think that?
7. How is Helene described? What is her most important attribute?
8. How does Joncour observe life? Why is this significant?
9. How does the author describe the character of the Mayor? How is the telling of his story told in a circular fashion?
10. Why does Baldabiou share the secrets of silk? What does this say about Baldabiou?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Joncour build a park? What is the significance of a windy day and the lake? Why is Joncour drawn to his lake on windy days? What is he thinking about when he sits by the lake after he first finishes the park and then later in the novel? Does the meaning, for him, change? How?
Essay Topic 2
Why do Joncour and his wife travel? What does this bring to their relationship? In the end, when Joncour stops traveling, why does he decide to do this? Why, in his later years, does he not enjoy traveling and seeing new places? Why does he never return to Japan in later years when the journey is easier?
Essay Topic 3
What do the two English characters, the one in France at the party, and the one in the Japanese village, have in common? How are they different? Why do you think the author introduced these two characters, one in each country, to play off the main characters? What do they bring to the story? How would the story have been different without them?
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