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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 does Axel drop to the floor which alarms Albert in Chapter 36?

2. Why does Albert stop the car suddenly in Chapter 31?

3. What does Albert offer to do to the movie to calm Margot?

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

5. In Chapter 34, when Margot leaves the hospital, where does she tell Albert she is going?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Axel tell the cook he hires from the mountain village?

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

5. Why was Axel delighted that Margot was a failure on the screen?

6. Why does Udo greet Albert with a bit of touchiness when they run into each other for a second time?

7. What happens as a result of the layout of the hotel where Albert, Margot, and Axel stay at in Rouginard?

8. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?

9. What does Albert find different about his vacation with Margot in Rouginard as opposed to their vacation in Solfi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of deceit. What acts of deceit occur in the novel? Who are deceitful characters? How do they affect the other characters lives? Does truth prevail?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Albert and Elisabeth. How does Albert describe his relationship with Elisabeth? Are they happily married? What does Albert do to end their relationship? How does Elisabeth react? How does this event change both of their lives?

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?

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