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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 is the current state of Rose's family plantation?

2. Why is Rose not called to trial?

3. Who is Agatha Rible?

4. What does Rose have a vision of while in prison?

5. Who is the daughter of the woman who Rose moves in with in 'Citoyenne'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Claire believe that Mimi should be sold?

2. Why does Rose not terminate Agathe even though she feels she is spying on her?

3. Why do Rose and Hortense make a trip to Rose's family's plantation home in 'Madam'?

4. Why does Rose leave the island prior to an invasion by the English?

5. Describe the reunion of Rose and Eugene after having been separated for awhile in 'Citoyenne'?

6. Why is Rose afraid for Alexandre regarding his new position in 'Citoyenne'?

7. What is Hortense's reaction to Alexandre upon her return to Paris?

8. Why does Rose bear such guilt over Amalia and Frederick's failed second attempt to escape to England?

9. What ploy does Alexandre use in an attempt to change Rose's attitude toward him in their legal matters?

10. Why does Alexandre have Eugene removed from the convent without Rose's knowledge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the real historical figures which Gulland depicts in the novel. Who are they? Does Gulland depict these figures accurately? Does she change any elements of their lives to further the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B". What are some examples of suspicious thoughts or behavior in the novel? Why might hte setting of the novel produce more suspicion than a less turbulent time period?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events of the French Revolution and discuss how they might have affected Rose's life. What is the Reign of Terror? What are the reasons that the French Revolution took place? What was Alexandre de Beauharnais's involvement in the French Revolution?

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