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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Marquise intend to live her life after she leaves the family home?
(a) In mourning.
(b) For her children.
(c) To the full.
(d) In solitude.

2. What does the Marquise command her porter to do?
(a) Not allow any visitors into the house.
(b) Allow only family to enter the house.
(c) Keep a close eye on the laneway.
(d) Arm himself.

3. What country is Count F from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

4. When the Count arrives at the house for a visit, what does he do?
(a) He proposes to the Marquise.
(b) He offers to buy the Marquise's home from her.
(c) He tells the Marquise that her attackers have been dealt with.
(d) He plans a party in the Marquise's honor.

5. What does the family wonder about the Count?
(a) Whether or not he is married.
(b) Whether or not he is fertile.
(c) Whether or not he is wealthy.
(d) Whether or not he is sane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Count see a vision of?

2. What did the vision remind the Count of?

3. How does the Count react after seeing the newspaper article?

4. How does the Marquise react to the news about the Count?

5. How does the family feel about the Count's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of life does the Marquise decide to lead after she leaves the family home?

2. How does the Marquise's father react when he hears that the Marquise is with child?

3. What does the Count share about his experiences since he saw the family last?

4. How does the story end?

5. What is the Marquise doing at the beginning of the story?

6. During dinner with the Marquise and her family, what does the Count tell them about?

7. What happens while the family are trying to think of a way to show their gratitude to the Count?

8. How is the Marquise described?

9. What does the Marquise's mother do to prompt a reconciliation between the Marquise and her father?

10. What does the Marquise refuse to do before leaving the house?

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