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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. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
2. To whom does Adeline give the little money she has received from the Baron, thereby depriving herself even of food?
3. What bad news does Johann Fischer communicate to Hector Hulot in a letter?
4. Who gives money to Adeline's cook so that she may provide a meal for the family?
5. What significant change to his appearance does Valerie induce Baron Hulot to make?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who interrupts Valerie and Hector during their clandestine meeting in Crevel's love nest? By whom is this character accompanied? What does this character tell the Baron about Valerie Marneffe and her husband?
2. What does Adeline advise Hortense to do after her first quarrel with Wenceslas over Valerie Marneffe? What does Adeline reveal to her daughter about her own marriage?
3. In whom does Hector confide his devastation about Valerie? What is this character's response?
4. What are the three beauty spots that Valerie Marneffe arranges for her first meeting with Wenceslas? What is Wenceslas' impression of Valerie?
5. How does Valerie use her pregnancy to benefit financially and socially? Which men are affected by this news?
6. Whom does Hector ask to solve his compromising situation with the Marneffes? What does this character do to help the Baron?
7. In his letter to the Baron, what does Johann Fischer ask for? What is his plan if Hector cannot help him?
8. What publication makes Lisbeth so happy? What event begins a chain of events that will end this happiness?
9. When he returns home after speaking to Valerie about the impossibility of Marneffe's promotion, what does Hector catch Adeline doing? With what intention did he return to his family that evening?
10. Besides the news of the embezzlement scheme in the newspaper, what other news item is featured in the Revue des Beaux-Arts? What is Hortense's reaction to this item?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relationship between Lisbeth and Valerie Marneffe? Using three examples from the novel, explain how Valerie and Lisbeth's relationship developed over time. Do the two women really care for one another or are they united by malice and spite only? Give details from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Morality is a significant theme in Cousin Bette. What message does the novel convey about morality? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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