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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. Who wins over the singer in "The Rivals"?

2. Where does the man Marco had an affair with go after breaking up with her?

3. Where does the man in "The Burglar" hide when his victim comes home early?

4. Why does the man in "The Other Wife" start to feel depressed?

5. Who comes to help Colette and Valentine in "One Evening"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marco's ex-husband send and what does Marco do with the money?

2. How does Maxine become convinced that Armande loves him in "Armande"?

3. Why does the man become jealous in "A Dead End"?

4. What does Marco do as a joke and what happens as a result?

5. What is Madame Arnaud forthcoming about in "The Photographer's Wife"?

6. Why does Bernard end an affair in "The Rendezvous"?

7. What does the boy in "Sick Child" go back and forth between?

8. What are Clara and Antoinette rivals over in "The Rivals"?

9. What does Colette discuss in "Green Sealing Wax"?

10. What does Colette remember in "Bygone Spring"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one positive female character described by Colette and why she does not do this at the expense of positive male characters.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Colette's discussion of immorality, prejudices, and principles in "Early Stories."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what it means to be a bourgeoisie and how Colette describes the bourgeoisie.

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