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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 happened when Josefa was about to embrace the abbess?

2. Who lives at the place where Jerónimo and Josefa plan to go?

3. What happens after Josefa helps the father?

4. Where is Jerónimo when the story begins?

5. Where is Don Fernando's wife injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jerónimo's and Josefa's plan for the future?

2. What do Don and his wife decide to do?

3. Where do Jerónimo and Josefa decide to go the morning after the earthquake?

4. What happens to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

5. What does the priest make sure to point out during his sermon?

6. After the earthquake, where does Jerónimo go?

7. What does Jerónimo ask people on the streets?

8. What happens to Don Fernando's baby?

9. What did Josefa do after seeing the collapsed jail?

10. What does the priest preach about at the service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of depravity in the short story collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What are some examples of depravity in the three short stories? What is the author trying to convey with these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of the collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." Does the author always write in this genre? What are the elements of this genre? What are some other works of the same genre?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of social damnation in the short stories "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile." In what way and for what reasons are the protagonists in "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile" socially banished or damned? How does this social damnation affect the protagonists and the plot?

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