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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. What does Rosa tell Brandt that she needs his help to do?
(a) See America.
(b) Remove herself from the political realm.
(c) See Europe.
(d) Find a better job.

2. Why does Didier flirt only with older women?
(a) Older women are harmless to him.
(b) Donna is not threatened by them.
(c) He only likes older women.
(d) He is actually gay.

3. What does Katya do at Donna's party when she hears Rosa speaking about people's rights?
(a) Katya puts her arm around Rosa.
(b) Katya offers Rosa a drink.
(c) Katya warns Rosa not to get to excited.
(d) Katya makes others be quiet and listen.

4. In whose olive grove do Rosa and Katya dine one afternoon?
(a) Degas'.
(b) Moreau's.
(c) Monet's.
(d) Renoir's.

5. How is Brandt dressed when he answers the door for Rosa's visit?
(a) No shirt and colorful shorts.
(b) An emroidered shirt with blue jeans.
(c) White canvas jeans and bare feet.
(d) A suit and tie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa believe is the reason that Katya cheated on Lionel with Dick?

2. According to the architect at Donna's party, he thinks that the Leftist view of life is what?

3. What does Madame Bagnelli recall about Rosa's mother as they chat on their first day?

4. What do Rosa and Bernard enjoy discussing together at the museum?

5. Why does Rosa go visit the Nels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in Rosa's family is arrested and why?

2. What is the significance of Flora's party to Rosa?

3. Who comes to dine on asparagus with Rosa and Katya and what advice do they give Rosa?

4. Where and when does Rosa meet Bernard? What does their relationship quickly become?

5. How do Katya and Rosa handle the idea of Lionel in their relationship?

6. What horrific event takes place on June 16th 1976 in South Africa?

7. Why might Rosa have chosen a married man as her lover and not the bricklayer she had met?

8. What does Bernard say that the trip to Corsica is all about and what does it actually turn out to be?

9. What does Katya share with Rosa about her past in the beginning of Pages 262-290?

10. Who is Bernard Chabalier?

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