The Blue Afternoon: A Novel Quiz

William Boyd (writer)

This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Blue Afternoon.

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Plot Summary

+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Prologue, Chapters 1 - 4

Chapters 5 - 10

Chapters 11-15

Chapters 16-18

Chapters Tongue and The First Body

Chapters The Nipa Barn, Chez Dr. Isidro Cruz, and The Aero-Móvil

Chapters Bad Blood, A Diet of Beef and Tea, On the Luneta, The House at San Teodoro, Dawn on the Pasig, and The Bridge at Santa Mesa

Chapters Pitch, Yaw and Roll; Into the Body; A Simple Surgeon; and Tea With Paton Bobby

Chapters The Four-Cylinder 12 HP Flanquin; 1903; Two Propellers Pushing; Rain; Scalpel; The Blue Afternoon; The Girls on the Pony; Hippotheetical; and The Sutured Heart

Chapters An Official Entertainment; The Library; Trial Run; Brahms; and In The Nipa Barn

Chapters The Raid; The Letter; Pragmatism; Vienna, Paris, Moscow, Rome...; A Bottle of Blood; The Toy; A Funeral; The Lost Flight of Pantaleon Quiroga; and Escape

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The Blue Afternoon: A Novel Quiz

The Blue Afternoon: A Novel Quiz

What is the year of the setting of the chapter "Tongue"? (from Chapters Tongue and The First Body)

Why did Delphine's aunt and uncle raise her? (from Chapters An Official Entertainment; The Library; Trial Run; Brahms; and In The Nipa Barn)

Why do Kay and Carriscant go around to sweet shops? (from Part Three)

How long will Kay and Carriscant be on the ship? (from Chapters 16-18)

With what does Pantaleon threaten Carriscant? (from Chapters The Raid; The Letter; Pragmatism; Vienna, Paris, Moscow, Rome...; A Bottle of Blood; The Toy; A Funeral; The Lost Flight of Pantaleon Quiroga; and Escape)