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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the wealthy man sit with in "Chouk's Fling"?
(a) Alone.
(b) His friends.
(c) A depressing companion.
(d) A woman.

2. What does the girl find condescending in "Literature"?
(a) Love novels.
(b) Adult literature.
(c) Children's literature.
(d) Historical fiction.

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

4. In "The Other Table" what is the profession of the wealthy man's love interest?
(a) Music hall star.
(b) Music hall hair dresser.
(c) Music hall dresser.
(d) Music hall small hand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the hairdresser in "A Hairdresser" talk with her friends about?

2. What does Colette say in response to her friends' scolding her in "The Semiramis Bar"?

3. Why does the nightingale begin to sing at night according to Colette in "A Fable: The Tendrils of the Vine"?

4. Where does the troupe arrive at the start of "The Halt"?

5. Who dissents in the cast in "The Strike, Oh, Lord, the Strike!"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "The Misfit" describe?

2. What does Colette find out about the dancer's mother?

3. What does Colette think is a kind of freedom for Valentine in "Newly Shorn"?

4. How is the tenor described in "The Tenor"?

5. What does "Arrival and Rehearsal" continue?

6. What happened between Colette and a dancer in "Gibriche"?

7. What happened with a young English girl in "Love"?

8. What is vulgar according to Colette in "The Master"?

9. What happens between Cheri and Lea in "Cheri", "The Return", and "The Pearls"?

10. What does Colette tell a story of in "A Fable: The Tendrils of the Vine"?

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