View a FREE sample

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 architectural style of the hotel in Rouginard?

2. How does Margot react to the news that Irma is deathly ill?

3. At the chalet, which room did Axel choose for himself?

4. When Margot asks Albert where he is going at the end of Chapter 21, what does he tell her?

5. In the story Axel tells about his sculptor friend. Where do the sculptor and his wife walk to at the end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Albert do when he finds out about Margot and Axel's affair?

2. How does the author make it clear that Elisabeth senses when Albert's accident occurs?

3. What does Chapter 31 begin with an explanation and description of?

4. What happens when Margot allows Axel to kiss her in Chapter 19?

5. What suggestion does Axel make to Albert in Chapter 25?

6. How does Margot pass the time while she is recuperating from her illness in Chapter 20?

7. What occurs when Margot removes her coat in Chapter 31?

8. How does Axel annoy Paul at Albert's building in Chapter 20?

9. What does Albert think might happen at Irma's funeral?

10. What story does Axel tell Albert about his sculptor friend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Albert and Margot. What are their first impressions of each other? Who pursues whom? What attracts Albert to Margot? What attracts Margot to Albert? Why is Margot involved with Albert? What do they desire from one another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What is the genre of the work? What elements are found in this genre and this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Elisabeth's premonitions in the novel. Why does she have premonitions, and what do they often forecast? When did her premonitions begin? What does she make of her premonitions?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 958 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample