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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the overall task in the store in August?

2. Why is Genevieve so upset at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. What is Madame Desforges' plan?

4. What does the big sale celebrate?

5. What does Mouret tell Denise to take in his office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Denise, Mouret, Madame Desforges, and Baudu. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, and socialization.

Essay Topic 2

Zola uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the play and note why they are examples of irony.

Essay Topic 3

AU BONHEUR DES DAMES takes place in Paris in the late 1800s. Explain what is going on in Paris at this time that makes Zola decide to write this story in this setting.

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