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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 does the Count give the baby when it is born?

2. What is the Marquise's father's position in the military?

3. What did the Count see a vision of?

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

5. What does the Marquise's mother claim she will do if the Marquise's father does not forgive his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Count tell the family, which surprises them?

2. How is the Marquise described?

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

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

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

6. Why does the Marquise call for a doctor?

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

8. How does the story end?

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

10. What is surprising about the Count's visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of social damnation in the short stories "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile." In what way and for what reasons are the protagonists in "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile" socially banished or damned? How does this social damnation affect the protagonists and the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of judgment in the short stories from "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What examples of judgment can be found in the story "The Marquise of O" and how do these examples affect the protagonist? What examples of judgment can be found in the story "The Earthquake in Chile"? How do these examples affect the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the social rules which the characters of "The Marquise of O" must follow. How do the social rules in place affect the characters and their lives? How does the setting of the story influence the rules they must follow? How does the class in which these characters are a part of influence the rules they must follow?

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