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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 is the significance of the name Mirah?
2. What award does Monseiur Crevel wear on his National Guard uniform?
3. How does Lisbeth know the Marneffes?
4. Where does the Baroness come from?
5. Why does the Baron want Lisbeth to move to the Rue Vaneau?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison? How does Wenceslas find out this information?
2. Who is the first character introduced in the novel? What information is surmised about his age? How is this information revealed?
3. What does Lisbeth tell Hortense and Adeline has happened to Wenceslas? How does Hortense react? How is Bette's lie discovered?
4. What plan do Lisbeth and Hortense agree upon to help out Lisbeth's admirer? Who accompanies Hortense on this mission? Whom does her escort take notice of during this venture?
5. Who is Valerie Marneffe's father? Why does she inherit nothing upon his death?
6. What does Lisbeth advise Wenceslas to do after the visit from Monsieur Grasset and what reason does she give for this? What does she promise to do?
7. After Wenceslas sells his bronze group, who comes to visit Lisbeth at her flat? What is the purpose of this visit?
8. What proof does Lisbeth provide of the existence of her admirer? What does she receive from Hortense in exchange for this information?
9. Why does the Baroness summon Monsieur Crevel? Which of Monsieur Crevel's actions have affected the Baroness? Why has he acted this way?
10. Describe Lisbeth. How old is she? How does she dress? How does this affect her social standing in comparison to her cousin, the Baroness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The theme of deception is highlighted throughout the novel Cousin Bette. Choose three examples of deception from the novel and analyze the events and characters to which they relate. What message about deception and truth is conveyed in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What elements of Cousin Bette characterize this work as a Realist novel? How does this work exemplify literary realism? Give two specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrator of Cousin Bette. In what mode is the story narrated? How does this affect the major themes of the novel? How does the narrator relate to literary realism?
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