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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 does Madame Moreau refuse to have anything to do with Monsieur Roque?

2. Frederic is worried about his appearance as he goes to visit Dambreuse until he remembers which fact about him?

3. What is the title of the novel that Frederic begins to write?

4. Where does Frederic ask Hussonet to take him?

5. What item is lost during his arrest that Dussardier asks for multiple times?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hussonet do for a living? What is his professional ambition? What has he done to pursue this dream?

2. From whom does Madame Moreau borrow money? How does she pay off this debt? How does this affect Frederic's future?

3. Which of Frederic's friends are invited to his housewarming party? What is their opinion of his new lifestyle?

4. How does Frederic's schoolmate Baptiste Martinon live? What is his attitude towards life? How does this contrast with Frederic's attitude?

5. Who is the host of the costume party to which Arnoux brings Frederic? What is this person's relationship to Arnoux?

6. Where is the protagonist when the novel begins? What does he look like and what does he have with him?

7. What does Pellerin do for a living? What type of books does he read? What is the secret he is trying to discover? Why?

8. Whom does Frederic go to call upon when he first returns to Paris? Why does he have difficulty finding this person? Who helps Frederic locate this person?

9. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry with him?

10. What is Deslauriers' reaction to Frederic's love for Madame Arnoux? What is Deslauriers' opinion of Marie Arnoux when he sees her in the Law Courts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women in the A Sentimental Education? Compare and contrast the roles of Rosanette, Louise Roque, and Madame Dambreuse to that of Marie Arnoux. In what ways are their roles similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Travel is an important theme in A Sentimental Education. Why is travel significant? Whom does the protagonist meet during his travels? How does traveling affect the plot of the novel? Give two examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Art is a significant theme in A Sentimental Education. What type of literature does Frederic aspire to write at the beginning of the novel? What is Pellerin's opinion about the purpose of art? How does this differ from Sénécal's opinion? What statement does A Sentimental Education make about art? How is art related to money in this novel?

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