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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 does the author say paints jolly, fat merchants?

2. Why does Mrs. Stroeve say she does not want Dirk to bring Strickland to the house?

3. What does Stroeve say his wife can't live on?

4. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?

5. What can Crabbe see Strickland doing as Stroeve left his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Strickland begin to make something of her life?

2. How did Crabbe meet Mrs. Strickland?

3. What is Dirk's relationship with his wife?

4. How is Mrs. Strickland coping with her husband's disappearance?

5. How does Mrs. Strickland express her disgust for her husband by the way she brings up her daughter?

6. What does the author think of Rev. Robert Strickland's biography of his father?

7. Why does Dirk say he can't get into his apartment?

8. Who is Dirk Stroeve?

9. Describe Strickland's job as a tour guide?

10. How does Mrs. Strickland help Crabbe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

How does the Tahiti setting affect Strickland and why does it affect him in this way? In what way does Tahiti show how unhappy Strickland was in Europe?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Crabbe feel so guilty? What could he have done to prevent what happened? In what way do Crabbe's actions show the true instincts of a writer?

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