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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 diagnosis the doctor gives Michel?
2. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 3, who is Michel's favorite boy?
3. What does Michel's wife think about her husband's new persona?
4. How does Michel's wife feel about seeing him take action in Part 1, Chapter 8?
5. How does Michel feel about the work he asked the barber to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Michel have the barber do and why is he startled with the results?
2. Michel and Marceline decide to leave Biskra before the harsh winter weather arrives. What does Michel do on his last night in town and how does he feel?
3. Michel feels beautiful, strong, and sensual for the first time. For what possible reasons might he have decided to shave his beard?
4. When do Marceline and Michel move to the family estate and who greets them when they arrive?
5. What does Michel begin to notice in his weakened physical condition?
6. What do Michel and Menalque do during their last visit?
7. What does the fact that Michel accepts a teaching job signify to the story?
8. What is ironic about Michel's decision to stay at the family estate while pursuing his academic interests?
9. As Michel's interest in boys grows, so do the lies he tells his wife. What does Michel tell his wife he is doing in the shady groves, and what is he really doing when she walks ahead into the sunlight?
10. What are some of the symptoms of tuberculosis? How does Michel know his condition is serious?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Michel's tone at the beginning and end of the novel? What does the change in tone throughout the novel suggest?
Essay Topic 2
Michel's conflict is due to his repressed homosexual desires that were very controversial in the late 1800s when the story was set and the early 1900s when the book was actually published. How would The Immoralist be perceived in today's day and time with our culture's standards?
Essay Topic 3
What religious actions are insinuated when Michel jumps into a cold pond in Part 1? How are these actions important to the story?
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