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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 word means animal of the rocks or chamois?

2. Where does the Baroness come from?

3. What reason does Lisbeth give Wenceslas to convince him not to write to anyone from jail about his predicament?

4. Who steals Lisbeth's admirer?

5. With what major event do the beginnings of Monsieur Hulot's infidelities coincide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What proof does Lisbeth provide of the existence of her admirer? What does she receive from Hortense in exchange for this information?

2. What does Lisbeth tell Hortense and Adeline has happened to Wenceslas? How does Hortense react? How is Bette's lie discovered?

3. How does Lisbeth meet Wenceslas in the first place? What is the relationship between them after this first meeting?

4. Who is the first character introduced in the novel? What information is surmised about his age? How is this information revealed?

5. Where does Monsieur Grasset take Wenceslas? Why does this happen to the young artist?

6. What solution does Monsieur Crevel propose to the Baroness for the problem of Hortense's dowry? What other options does he tell her she has available to her?

7. After Wenceslas sells his bronze group, who comes to visit Lisbeth at her flat? What is the purpose of this visit?

8. How does Lisbeth describe her relationship with Wenceslas to Valerie Marneffe? What proof of his connection to Hortense does Valerie show to Lisbeth?

9. How do Monsieur Crevel and Monsieur Hulot know one another? How are they related? What occasioned their falling out?

10. Where does the Baron go after he finds the opera to be closed? What does he learn when he arrives there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Money has a significant role throughout Cousin Bette. Give three examples from the novel in which money significantly alters the plot of the novel and directly affects the protagonist. How is money a characteristic of the Realist novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of women in Cousin Bette? Compare and contrast the roles of Lisbeth and Valerie Marneffe to those of Adeline and Hortense. In what ways are their roles similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is an important device employed in Cousin Bette. How does the author employ this device? What purpose does it serve? Use three specific examples from the text.

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