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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 city are the La Mottes leaving at the beginning of the novel?

2. How does Adeline escape from her room in Chapter 11?

3. What alerts Adeline to Theodore's presence in the woods?

4. What does Theodore ask Adeline not to do while he is recuperating from his wound?

5. How does Adeline feel about the Marquis coming to dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adeline escape from the Marquis' home in Chapter 11? Who does she encounter after escaping?

2. How do La Motte and the Marquis react to each other when they see each other at the abbey?

3. What worries do Adeline and Theodore have as they travel away from the Marquis in Chapter 12?

4. With the Marquis expected for dinner, what does Adeline ask La Motte in Chapter 7, and how does he respond?

5. After learning that her father will take her away from the convent, why does Adeline go from delight to apprehension? Where does her father take her after the convent?

6. How does La Motte's behavior change after he and his household settle in at the abbey? How does Madame La Motte explain the change in his personality?

7. Why does Adeline go to the La Mottes in distress in Chapter 10?

8. What danger does Peter tell Adeline about in Chapter 10?

9. What happens when La Motte goes to ask directions at a house outside of Paris?

10. Why is Madame La Motte saddened at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "The Romance of the Forest." What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the trial. What happens at the trial? What information is revealed that Adeline and the reader were not aware of prior to the trial? How does this information affect Adeline and the other characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the tone of the novel. What is the tone of the novel? Is this tone commonly found in a novel of this genre? At what points in the novel does the tone change and why?

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