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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character in "The Accompanist" say about her being on stage?
(a) That she never wanted it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She fell out of love with it.
(d) She fell in love with it after hating it for many years.

2. Why does the performer in "The Starveling" try to save money before returning to Paris?
(a) He almost lost him home the prior year.
(b) His wife is high maintenance.
(c) He wants to wow a woman.
(d) He almost starved the prior year.

3. What town does the troupe do in "La Fenice"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Naples.
(d) London.

4. What is the name of the older married woman in "Cheri"?
(a) Marie.
(b) Lea.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Rosa.

5. What does the younger man say to the woman that makes her indignant?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is joining the army.
(d) He is moving to North Africa.

6. What does Colette's friend long for in "Grape Harvest"?
(a) The days of the third republic.
(b) The days where women were subserviant.
(c) The days of Napoleon.
(d) The days of feudalism.

7. What does Colette say about her friend's adherence to the prejudice and principles of the day?
(a) They made her a paria.
(b) They made her a good mother.
(c) They made her a better person.
(d) They ruined her.

8. What does Colette's friend say she would prevent her daughter from doing in "If I Had a Daughter"?
(a) Meet Colette.
(b) Get an education.
(c) Attending lectures.
(d) Marry young.

9. Where do the older woman and the younger man run to in "The Pearls"?
(a) Tangier.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Tunis.
(d) Paris.

10. What is the name of the dog the trainer praises in "Clever Dogs"?
(a) Robo.
(b) Cachou.
(c) Charlot.
(d) Rexy.

11. What does the performer in "The Misfit" think of the summer crowds?
(a) They are savages.
(b) They are old.
(c) They are forgiving.
(d) They are mostly children.

12. What strange clients does the masseuse in "A Masseuse" talk about?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Christian Scientists.
(c) Military wives.
(d) Bourgeois.

13. Why is the girl angry in "My Granddaughter"?
(a) Her mother bought her an unfashionable shirt.
(b) Her mother bought her an unfashionable dress.
(c) Her mother bought her an unfashionable hat.
(d) Her mother bought her an unfashionable pants.

14. What does Colette say of the performer in "The Starveling"?
(a) He was rich, but lost all of his money.
(b) He plays well.
(c) He is secretly rich.
(d) That he gets by on very little.

15. Who is the woman in "Bastienne's Child"?
(a) An old performer.
(b) An older teacher.
(c) A pregnant performer.
(d) A young mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Screen" what does the love interest of the wealthy man do?

2. In "Literature" what does the girl give her opinion on?

3. What is the name of the girl in "The Hard Worker"?

4. Who is the girl angry with in "My Goddaughter"?

5. What does Colette's friend in the Cure talk to Colette about?

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