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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 architectural style of the hotel in Rouginard?

2. What makes Margot wild at the hotel in France in Chapter 26?

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

4. In Chapter 32, who does Elisabeth observe from her balcony?

5. What is characteristic of the road that Albert and Margot drove down, away from Rouginard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?

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

9. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What are some of his other works? What are some parallels between "Laughter in the Dark" and his other work? Are there any elements in "Laughter in the Dark" which Nabokov borrows from his own experiences?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conclusion of the novel "Laughter in the Dark." What happens at the end of the novel? Is the ending surprising? Are there any unanswered questions?

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