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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 Jean Marais tell Minke about love?

2. Where does Queen Welhelmina reign?

3. Why is Minke at odds with his school?

4. Why did Annelies not return to school for a period of time?

5. What does Jean Marais do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the conversation with Nyai in Chapter 6 reveal about Minke's education?

2. Who is Robert Suurhof?

3. What does Nyai reveal about her life in Chapter 5?

4. What tensions exist between natives and European blood according to Chapter 2?

5. Who says in Chapter 3, "love is beautiful, Minke, very, very beautiful, but perhaps disaster follows. You must dare to face its consequences", and what does this quote mean in the context of the story?

6. What is Mr. Mellema's household like?

7. What advice does Jean Marais give to Minke about Annelies in Chapter 3?

8. What does Annelies tell Minke about Nyai in Chapter 5?

9. Who is the narrator of "This Earth Of Mankind"?

10. How did the narrator write his story? What technique did he use?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who says that he cannot believe, "Europeans, my teachers, my civilizers, could behave in such a way"? What is the context of this quote and what is the relevance to the person who says this line?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term climax and decide where the point of climax is within the plot. Explain how the event fits the definition of climax and site examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Dutch and Europeans and the role they play in Toer's story. What aspects of Indonesian life do they control?

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