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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. Stephen's company rests three days in _______________ when they are relieved at the front.
(a) Bethune.
(b) Nice.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Provence.

2. Who is Lucien Lebrun?
(a) A cheese shop owner.
(b) A textile merchant.
(c) The man behind the dyers' strike.
(d) A priest.

3. What does Stephen do every evening in his room?
(a) Read.
(b) Paint.
(c) Write letters.
(d) Write in a notebook.

4. Mme. Azaire can be described as __________________.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Serene.
(c) Homely.
(d) Ugly.

5. What nationality is Stephen?
(a) French.
(b) Irish.
(c) German.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the content of Margaret's letter to Jack?

2. What does Stephen do to the prostitute in anger?

3. What does Stephen tell Isabelle about Lisette?

4. Stephen is _________________ years younger than Isabelle.

5. Which family visits the Azaires after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What logic does Stephen employ when Isabelle is hesitant to go to England with Stephen?

2. What does Isabelle do on the boat outing that foreshadows her romance with Stephen?

3. Why does Stephen feel that he cannot return to England when his employer tells him to do so?

4. Why does Stephen not want an office job?

5. What is the setting for Part 2 of the novel?

6. Why has Stephen come to France?

7. Why does the prostitute forgive Stephen for cutting her leg?

8. Why is it that Stephen does not love his men as Captain Gray urges him to do?

9. Why does Isabelle fear that Stephen's feelings for her have changed after their sexual encounter?

10. What does Jack's letter from his wife foreshadow?

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