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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. Which expense does Alexandre pay for, relieving Rose of further financial burden in 'Madam'?

2. Why is Rose not called to trial?

3. What does Rose discover upon returning to the convent in 'Madam'?

4. What prayer does Hortense say when stopping in an island church?

5. Who is Fanny's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What message is delivered when Rose hears a voice while in prison?

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

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

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

6. Why is Alexandre once again absent from the family in 'Citoyenne'?

7. Why are Alexandre and Rose under greater scrutiny due to an act by Alexandre's brother, Francois?

8. Why does Rose feel compelled to move out of her home in 'Madam'?

9. Why would people refer to Eugene as a "dauphin"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B". Who are Rose's family members? What sort of relationship does she have with each one? Is family important to Rose? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the career of the author of the novel "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B". Sandra Gulland. What other works has she written? Does she write in other genres? Is she respected in the literary world? What are some of the characteristics of her writing?

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