The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party True or False

1. What do the scratched-out sections of the book represent? -> Octavian's grief and anger over the death of his mother
2. What theme does this quotation refer to: "Music hath its land of origin; and yet it is also its own country, its own sovereign power, and all may take refuge there, and all, once settled, may claim it as their own, and all may meet there in amity; and these instruments, as surely as instruments of torture, belong to all of us"? -> Art and Culture
3. What character best represents the theme of "Women & Femininity" in the novel? -> Scarlett Johansson
4. When Dr. Trefusis teaches Octavian the history of slavery in Roman times, he is trying to show Octavian how to… -> empower himself after being whipped.
5. One of the main goals of this book is to show how… -> slavery takes away a woman's feminine identity.

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