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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 circumstances led to Stidman's introduction to Valerie in the Rue Vaneau?
2. What complaint does Lisbeth have when the Baron goes to her flat looking for Valerie?
3. Who intercepts the letter that Valerie writes to Wenceslas?
4. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
5. What is Vauvinet's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Hector goes to visit Valerie after he receives her letter? How does he receive a message from her and what is communicated?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What publication makes Lisbeth so happy? What event begins a chain of events that will end this happiness?
5. How does Valerie use her pregnancy to benefit financially and socially? Which men are affected by this news?
6. What does the regimental quartermaster from Algeria bring to Hector? What was he expecting the quartermaster to have brought him?
7. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive? What does she decide to do after she receives this proof and why?
8. In his letter to the Baron, what does Johann Fischer ask for? What is his plan if Hector cannot help him?
9. What plan does Adeline conceive to save her uncle? What is the outcome?
10. What news is in the letter to Wenceslas from Valerie? What plan does she concoct for the interception of the letter and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the conflict "man versus man" appear in Cousin Bette? Give three specific examples from the text. Are these conflicts resolved? How does this type of conflict relate to the message of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How are both internal and external conflicts manifested in the novel? Choose an example of each type and analyze the significance of each as an element of the plot of Cousin Bette. How do these conflicts contribute to the overall message of the text?
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