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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 of the following is NOT something revealed in one of Stephen's notebooks?

2. Whose name does Stephen sob as Jeanne holds him?

3. Section 13 takes place in which country?

4. Where does Stephen visit Jeanne?

5. What does Stephen realize about Isabelle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocks Jeanne about Stephen's appearance when he visit her during his leave?

2. How does Elizabeth's life parallel Stephen's life regarding love?

3. What is Stephen's state of mind after Weir's death and what does Jeanne encourage him to do?

4. Why is Stephen being pressured to take an office job during the war?

5. What are the circumstances that have Stephen and Jack trapped in a tunnel?

6. Who is Elizabeth and why does she have an interest in learning about her family's history?

7. What is Weir's response when Stephen asks him why he is so anxious to survive?

8. Why is Elizabeth unable to read her grandfather's notebooks found in her mother's attic?

9. Isabelle is in love with Max, but in what way does her love for Stephen exist?

10. How does Jeanne make Stephen feel when he visits her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in France in the early twentieth century. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? Do they have any freedoms that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 2

Develop a character study of Stephen. What are his physical traits? What motivates him? What are his personal characteristics? What else can you say about Stephen?

Essay Topic 3

Develop a character study of Jeanne. What are her physical traits? What motivates her? What are her personal characteristics? What else can you say about Jeanne?

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