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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 the homeless woman in Chapter 2 tell Villanelle to beware of?

2. What does the cook use to surround the chicken he serves Napoleon?

3. How does David flatter Napoleon?

4. What is Villanelle wearing on her second date with the Queen of Spades?

5. What is the nationality of the owner of the brothel Henri goes to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Villanelle´s stepfather´s reaction to her birth defect? How does Villanelle account for her stepfather´s reaction?

2. What is the name of the main character? When do we first hear it?

3. In Part 1, what does Henri say the Blind peddler tells him about the Dark? What happens to this peddler?

4. According to legend, what does a boatsmen´s wife do when she is pregnant? What is she supposed to wish for?

5. When the little village girl asks Henri who he will kill, what does he reply? How does he clarify this for her?

6. What job does Henri originally want? Who prevents him from getting it?

7. What does Patrick say the channels are full of? What danger lies in the channels?

8. What special talent does Patrick possess? What job is he given by Bonaparte?

9. What does Henri do to the cook that impresses Bonaparte? Where did he get the idea?

10. After Villanelle´s first date with The Queen of Spades, what does she attempt to do? Who sees her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One theme in The Passion is the theory of past and future, as represented in the character of Domino. Write an essay on the theme of past and future and how Domino´s philosophy is shown in the novel, citing at least 3 examples.

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between the two narrators is a central theme in The Passion. Write an essay about the relationship between Villanelle and Henri from both sides, as Winterson does. How is their love impossible?

Essay Topic 3

Passion is a key theme throughout the novel. Write an essay about passion, using at least three different ways that passion comes across in the novel. Also, be sure that your examples encompass at least 4 characters/elements of passion.

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