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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 book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?
2. What does Monsieur Marneffe do when Hector tries to enter his house after receiving Valerie's letter?
3. What piece of art created by Wenceslas is generating extreme criticism from his fellow artists, including Stidman?
4. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?
5. What news does Valerie reveal to Wenceslas in the first letter she writes to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. In his letter to the Baron, what does Johann Fischer ask for? What is his plan if Hector cannot help him?
4. What plan does Adeline conceive to save her uncle? What is the outcome?
5. 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?
6. What publication makes Lisbeth so happy? What event begins a chain of events that will end this happiness?
7. In whom does Hector confide his devastation about Valerie? What is this character's response?
8. Whom does Hector ask to solve his compromising situation with the Marneffes? What does this character do to help the Baron?
9. What has happened to Wenceslas professionally in the three years since he has married Hortense? To what is this change attributed?
10. What does the regimental quartermaster from Algeria bring to Hector? What was he expecting the quartermaster to have brought him?
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
How is irony manifested in Cousin Bette? Choose two examples of irony from the text and explain their classification and significance. How does the use of irony affect the tone of the novel?
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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