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Jasmine Test #2
Ethnic Experience Literature October 8, 2002
1.
What is your name? (13 points)
2.
“Every time I lift a glass of water to my lips, fleetingly I smell it. I know what I don’t want to become.” What is Jasmine referring to? (5 points)
3.
“They tell me I have no accent, but I don’t sound Iowan, either. I’m like those voices on the telephone, very clear and soothing. Maybe Northern California, they say. Du says they’re computer generated.” What does Jasmine’s accent (or lack thereof) have to do with technology? (5 points)
4.
What is the significance of Jasmine’s “third eye”? (5 points)
5.
“Vimla, who was engaged to the son of the Tractor King of our district (he imported Zetta tractors from Czechoslovakia and was supposed to have illegal bank accounts all over Europe), accused us of living in sin.” How does the parenthetical phrase make this sentence ironic? (5 points)
6.
Explain the significance of “rebirth” in Jasmine. Use at least one example from the book. (10 points)
7.
After Prakash is killed, Jasmine says, “Rosettes of blood bloomed on the sleeve of the officer’s stiff-starched uniform. I touched him again to make more rosettes bloom.” Explain the significance of this quote. (5 points)
8.
How does Lillian Gordon feel about nostalgia? (5 points)
9.
Why did Jasmine dislike living with Professorji and Nirmala? (5 points)
10. Describe Kate Gordon’s room and Taylor’s appearance, and why such details are important in the book. (5 points)
11. When Du is tinkering with inventions, he says, “It’s recombinant electronics. I have altered the gene pool of the common American appliance.” Why does Du speak of machines as if they were human bodies? Why would the author compare machines with bodies? (5 points)
12. After walking around NYC, Jasmine says, “when I listed my discoveries to Taylor he listened carefully, as though I were describing an unmapped, exotic metropolis.” How could a well-known city like NYC be an “unmapped, exotic metropolis”? (5 points)
13. What quality did Jasmine possess that made her attractive to Bud, Taylor, and Darrel? (5 points)
14. Bud is the “pillar of Baden” while Du is the “phantom Columbus.” Use this knowledge to contrast Bud and Du. (5 points)
15. Jasmine, Du, and Darrel all have the spirit for exploration. Jasmine and Du leave Iowa, but Darrel stays and kills himself. What is it that held Darrel back? (5 points)
Vocab: immure, jaunty, exotic, circumspect, dutiful (3 points each) 1.
She was _______________________________ about entering the dark, forbidding alleyway all alone.
2.
You should come out with us instead of __________________________ yourself in your room all day.
3.
The __________________________________________ gentleman walked with a confident swagger.
4.
The foreign object had a(n) ______________________________________________________ charm.
Ethnic Experience Literature October 8, 2002
1.
What is your name? (13 points)
2.
“Every time I lift a glass of water to my lips, fleetingly I smell it. I know what I don’t want to become.” What is Jasmine referring to? (5 points)
3.
“They tell me I have no accent, but I don’t sound Iowan, either. I’m like those voices on the telephone, very clear and soothing. Maybe Northern California, they say. Du says they’re computer generated.” What does Jasmine’s accent (or lack thereof) have to do with technology? (5 points)
4.
What is the significance of Jasmine’s “third eye”? (5 points)
5.
“Vimla, who was engaged to the son of the Tractor King of our district (he imported Zetta tractors from Czechoslovakia and was supposed to have illegal bank accounts all over Europe), accused us of living in sin.” How does the parenthetical phrase make this sentence ironic? (5 points)
6.
Explain the significance of “rebirth” in Jasmine. Use at least one example from the book. (10 points)
7.
After Prakash is killed, Jasmine says, “Rosettes of blood bloomed on the sleeve of the officer’s stiff-starched uniform. I touched him again to make more rosettes bloom.” Explain the significance of this quote. (5 points)
8.
How does Lillian Gordon feel about nostalgia? (5 points)
9.
Why did Jasmine dislike living with Professorji and Nirmala? (5 points)
10. Describe Kate Gordon’s room and Taylor’s appearance, and why such details are important in the book. (5 points)
11. When Du is tinkering with inventions, he says, “It’s recombinant electronics. I have altered the gene pool of the common American appliance.” Why does Du speak of machines as if they were human bodies? Why would the author compare machines with bodies? (5 points)
12. After walking around NYC, Jasmine says, “when I listed my discoveries to Taylor he listened carefully, as though I were describing an unmapped, exotic metropolis.” How could a well-known city like NYC be an “unmapped, exotic metropolis”? (5 points)
13. What quality did Jasmine possess that made her attractive to Bud, Taylor, and Darrel? (5 points)
14. Bud is the “pillar of Baden” while Du is the “phantom Columbus.” Use this knowledge to contrast Bud and Du. (5 points)
15. Jasmine, Du, and Darrel all have the spirit for exploration. Jasmine and Du leave Iowa, but Darrel stays and kills himself. What is it that held Darrel back? (5 points)
Vocab: immure, jaunty, exotic, circumspect, dutiful (3 points each) 1.
She was _______________________________ about entering the dark, forbidding alleyway all alone.
2.
You should come out with us instead of __________________________ yourself in your room all day.
3.
The __________________________________________ gentleman walked with a confident swagger.
4.
The foreign object had a(n) ______________________________________________________ charm.
