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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 object does Marin refer to as being "early to ripe, early to rot" (15) in reference to Nella's perfume?
2. What feeling does Nella have upon first arriving at the Brandt house when no one will answer the door?
3. Marin threatens Nella, saying that if Nella leaves the cabinet house empty, she will turn Johannes's gift into a crime of what?
4. How does Nella injure herself the night of her first kiss with Johannes?
5. How does Nella come to own the cabinet house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What warning does Otto issue to Nella concerning her parakeet and Marin?
2. What does Nella mean when she opines that "home is nowhere" (114) for her now?
3. What are the circumstances of Nella's arrival at the Brandt house that are troubling to her?
4. How does Nella characterize the people in her life in relation to dwelling on the past?
5. What is the first disagreement between Nella and Marin, and who wins it?
6. Describe Marin's character.
7. How do Marin's and Nella's views of Nella's situation in the Brandt household differ?
8. For what reason does Marin always insist on taking the Brandt household's dogs to church?
9. What is Nella's mother's reply when Nella says she does not want to be the kind of wife that behaves as the "rams and ewes of Assendelft" (26) do?
10. How does Nella feel when Marin reveals that she has known all along that her brother Johannes is gay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of the novel and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the methods of characterization used by the author to serve as vehicles for the novel's humanist messages.
Essay Topic 3
What is the function of Marin's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Marin and include in your discussion the reasons that the author portrays her in these particular ways.
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