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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. Whom does Newman first tell that he knows of the family secret?

2. Who first meets Newman when he has come to speak with Claire's mother and brother, supposedly for the last time?

3. What does Noemie think the duel will do?

4. Who does Valentin think knows what really happened with his father's death?

5. Who tells Newman that Valentin will not survive his wounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter XIII, what does Newman notably compare Claire's mother's personality to?

2. What promise to Mrs. Bread does Newman fulfill in Chapter 23?

3. What does Urbain confirm about his father's murder to Newman?

4. What is Newman's original plan in confronting Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde about the way Claire's father died?

5. How does the Bellegarde family react when Newman tells him that he and Claire are engaged?

6. What is Newman's opinion of Urbain?

7. How did Mrs. Bread get connected to the Bellegarde familiy?

8. What does Valentin report to Newman has been happening between Noemie and her mysterious friend during the opera?

9. What does Valentin think happened surrounding the death of his father?

10. What did Madame de Bellegarde once accuse Mrs. Bread of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least 4 ways "The American" would be different if the protagonist were female.

Essay Topic 2

Describe at least 3 things that James is able to do with the character of Newman because he is a man AND at least 3 things he is *not* able to do with Newman because he is a man.

Essay Topic 3

Choose at least one female character from "The American" and discuss at least 3 ways she goes against traditional gender stereotypes of someone like her.

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