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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segment 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although seemingly impossible, according to society at the time, what could the wives of the colonial potentates have done to keep their husbands from straying?
(a) Locked their husbands up at home.
(b) Put spells on them.
(c) Retained their beauty.
(d) Grow younger.

2. What type of stores does the narrator often visit?
(a) Twice-discounted clothing stores.
(b) Writing supplies stores.
(c) Lingerie stores.
(d) Grocery stores.

3. What does the lover recall with great affection?
(a) The Parisan nightlife.
(b) A trip to America.
(c) His home in China.
(d) His mother.

4. The narrator tells the lover that she has no desire for him to be ________.
(a) Generous.
(b) Polite.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Monogamous.

5. How does the narrator view Hélène Lagonelle?
(a) As a jealous rival.
(b) As a long lost sister.
(c) As an unfortunate foreigner.
(d) As the embodiment of beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is the narrator's dress made of?

2. Where had the father been appointed to a new job before his death?

3. Because of her early family life, what does the narrator believe to be true about herself?

4. What becomes enshrined in the ravaged face of the narrator?

5. What is Nouvelle Ecole Française?

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