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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 Henri say is worse than watching his comrades die?

2. How does Villanelle lose to her husband when he finds her?

3. Finish this sentence from Chapter 3: ¨Not all men are as fortunate as _________."

4. How is Domino injured in Chapter 3?

5. Why does Villanelle´s husband want to take her back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Russian peasants call the czar? What do they do as the Napoleonic army arrives?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 4, who haunts Henri in his room? Why are his hands greasy? What does this person ask Henri?

3. How long are Villanelle and her husband together before she leaves him? What does she do in order to sneak away?

4. What does Henri do after he kills Villanelle's husband? What is Villanelle's reaction?

5. Why does Villanelle decide to marry the meat man? What does she say they had in common?

6. What does Villanelle use her inheritance to buy? What is unusual about this?

7. What does Henri find in the sixth room of the Queen's house? How complete is it? What is important about this?

8. When Henri thinks about taking Villanelle to France to live with him, what does he say he would always be afraid of? Why would he be afraid of this?

9. When Henri wakes up after 2 days of sleep in Venice, what does he do first? What does he pray will sink into the canal?

10. What happens to Patrick while he, Henri, and Villanelle are traveling? What does he talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Disability is a common theme amongst the characters in The Passion. Write an essay about the theme of disability in the novel, using at least 3 characters in your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Canals and transportation are important themes in The Passion. Write an essay on the role of Canals in the novel and how transportation is presented through the characters. Include at least 3 examples in your argument.

Essay Topic 3

In The Passion, religion plays an important part of the lives of many of the characters. Also, Winterson uses religious terminology and diction often in the novel. Write an essay on the influence of religion on the characters of the novel and the novel itself. What does religion bring to The Passion?

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