Themes and Ideas (VCE SSCE English): Quizzes
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How many witnesses knew the Vicario brothers planned to kill Santiago?
How many witnesses knew the Vicario brothers planned to kill Santiago?
More than 25
What did Pedro Vicario say to position the brothers as instruments of fate?
What did Pedro Vicario say to position the brothers as instruments of fate?
'We killed him openly... but we're innocent'
What is the opening line that signals the ending is already known?
What is the opening line that signals the ending is already known?
'On the day they were going to kill him'
When did Angela realise she loved Bayardo?
When did Angela realise she loved Bayardo?
When he left/rejected her
How long after the murder does the narrator collect testimonies?
How long after the murder does the narrator collect testimonies?
27 years
What word did Pura Vicario use when beating Angela for her sexual transgression?
What word did Pura Vicario use when beating Angela for her sexual transgression?
Sloth
What did Victoria Guzmán say when Santiago might have been saved?
What did Victoria Guzmán say when Santiago might have been saved?
'Let him die like a man'
What does the bishop's boat passing without stopping symbolise?
What does the bishop's boat passing without stopping symbolise?
Distant religious authority/false hope
What do Santiago's white clothes symbolise in the novella?
What do Santiago's white clothes symbolise in the novella?
Ritual purity & sacrificial victim
What do the rabbits Santiago butchers that morning foreshadow?
What do the rabbits Santiago butchers that morning foreshadow?
His own death