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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Isabelle not stop sleeping with Azaire?

2. How is Stephen wounded?

3. At dinner, Mr. Azaire asks Stephen what he knows about ________________.

4. What does Stephen tell Isabelle about Lisette?

5. Who did Isabelle marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stephen vow to protect Isabelle and how does she feel about it?

2. What is the significance of Stephen's dream about a trapped bird?

3. What does Stephen discover about Isabelle when he follows her to Lucien Lebrun's house one day?

4. How does Jack feel about the letter he receives from his wife, Margaret?

5. What does Stephen tell Weir when he wants to hear something other than war talk?

6. How does Lisette press herself on Stephen and what does she ultimately agree not to do?

7. How does Azaire learn that Isabelle is running away with Stephen?

8. What two events foreshadow Stephen's romantic relationship with Mme. Azaire (Isabelle)?

9. What is Stephen's nighttime ritual which will become important later in the book?

10. What logic does Stephen employ when Isabelle is hesitant to go to England with Stephen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faulks uses more than one iteration on the theme of beauty. Identify at least two themes about beauty in the story. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in France in the early twentieth century. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? Do they have any freedoms that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

What is the nature of Stephen's anguish related to World War I? What impact did the war have on Stephen physically and emotionally?

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