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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. What items did Félicité buy for her sister's family?
2. How is Félicité's voice described?
3. What is described as the despair of the other housemaids?
4. Who in Félicité's family always kept out of sight?
5. What does Mme. Aubain think of Félicité's family?
Short Essay Questions
1. On the way to Trouville, Félicité overhears Liebard talking about the woman that Theodore left her to marry, but she does not hear the end of the story. What, if any, function does this have in the story?
2. Do you think it's significant that Félicité misses Virginie's death because she goes back to lock up in case of thieves?
3. Why do you think Flaubert has Félicité run all the way to say goodbye to Victor only to miss him at the last?
4. How is it significant that the parrot is being eaten by maggots, but Félicité neither knows nor cares?
5. At the beginning of the story, what does the narrator tell us about Mme. Aubain's history?
6. Why do you think Félicité's reaction to Virginie's first communion is so much more powerful than her reaction to her own first communion?
7. To what extent would you say that this story is about Félicité? What do you think Flaubert wanted to say by writing a short story about a person like Félicité?
8. Why is it significant that Félicité sleeps in her chair in front of the fire?
9. Why do you think that it struck Félicité as wrong that Mme. Aubain should die before she did?
10. How does Mme. Aubain respond to Félicité's reunion with her lost sister?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The most crucial moment in Félicité's relationship with Mme. Aubain is when the two of them embrace. Analyze this scene and Félicité's reaction to the experience. How does this change her relationship with Mme. Aubain? Why is it so important to Félicité? What impact does it have on the story generally?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the story, Félicité assumes a maternal role in several of her relationships. The most prominent examples are Virginie, Victor, and Loulou, but there are, arguably, other examples. Choose at least three people (or animals) that Félicité develops a maternal affection for and compare them. How does this comparison reflect on Félicité? Does there seem to be a larger message implicit in this theme?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the deaths of Victor and Virginie. What does each mean to Félicité? In what ways are the events the same and in what ways are they different? Why do you think that both deaths are included? What is the thematic impact of having these two deaths so close together that mirror each other in several critical ways?
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