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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. Why does Dirk refuse to do what Crabbe suggests he do?

2. What nationality is Brunot?

3. What does Dirk say has happened to Blanche in this section?

4. What does Crabbe call the parts of Strickland's life which is known to the public?

5. What does the nurse say Blanche is too weak to use?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Strickland react to news about her husband?

2. Why does Captain have to cut his time short with Crabbe?

3. How did Tiare persuade Strickland to marry Ata?

4. Why does Dirk want Crabbe to write Blanche a letter?

5. Why does Crabbe feel guilty in this section?

6. How did Nichols and Strickland become friends?

7. How does Tiare like to help people?

8. How do people's perception of Strickland's work change during his time in Tahiti?

9. What does Tiare think of men beating girls?

10. What does Strickland reveal about Blanche's past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Crabbe's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Crabbe hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Crabbe's ideas about life?

3. How has Crabbe's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Dirk known only as a hack? What does this view and the view that Dirk is nothing but a buffoon say about Crabbe's character? Does Strickland's success suggest that everyone possesses genius as long as they can find their true selves?

Essay Topic 3

In what way could it be said that Crabbe identifies with Strickland? What suggestions are there in the book that Crabbe is not the person he is trying to present himself to be? Do people become better artists if they are more truthful about themselves?

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