11 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. Why does José Arcadio Buendía lead a group of settlers away from their original village to found Macondo?
2. What does Colonel Aureliano Buendía's life of casting and recasting gold fish represent?
3. How does the government respond to the banana company massacre in Macondo?
4. What is the primary reason Aureliano Babilonia is able to finally decode Melquíades' parchments?
5. What does Úrsula's long life span represent in the novel?
6. How does Fernanda del Carpio's character embody a destructive force within the Buendía family?
7. What is the relationship between the parchments written by Melquíades and the events of the novel?
8. How do the names of the Buendía men reflect the novel's theme of cyclical repetition?
9. What happens to Macondo as outside influences like the railroad and the banana company arrive?
10. What is the final fate of the Buendía family and Macondo?
11. What does the theme of solitude represent across the Buendía generations?
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