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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 Yvonne notice seems to enjoy the bull fight the most?

2. What did Yvonne dream of becoming when she was a child?

3. Where do Hugh, Yvonne, and the consul plan to travel by bus?

4. What do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul argue about over dinner at the hotel?

5. What does the consul read as he continues to head up the mountain after he storms out of his hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the consul ultimately die?

2. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?

3. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?

4. How does Yvonne ultimately die?

5. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

6. Why is Yvonne really in such a hurry to leave Laruelle's home?

7. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?

8. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?

9. What does Yvonne see the bull as a symbol of?

10. What about Yvonne's letter depresses the consul as he is heading up the mountain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the deaths of Yvonne and the consul. What message is Lowry trying to convey to the reader in each?

Essay Topic 2

What ultimately kills the consul? Make sure to use direct, specific evidence from the text to support your strongly written thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Using direct evidence from the text, 1) discuss the scene you think is most critical in the text and 2) discuss at least three literary devices Lowry uses during this scene.

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