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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. Charles and Ourika's relationship was always filled with _____.

2. The family went to stay at the home of an old priest, which was located in which town?

3. Ourika often speaks about the Reign of _____.

4. Where did the massacres take place?

5. What word is used to describe the Marquise?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mme. de B. attempt to help Ourika? What was Ourika's solution to her troubles at this time?

2. What was the only thing that allowed Ourika to be happy during this trying time?

3. How did Ourika feel about Charles' increased absences? What caused the delay of Charles and Anais' marriage?

4. What were Ourika's thoughts about her future? How did those thoughts affect Mme. de B.? What were Ourika's thoughts about Charles when contemplating this new future?

5. What did the doctors say about Ourika's increased and prolonged melancholy? What did Charles and Mme. de B. do to help Ourika?

6. What political issues arose soon after Charles' departure? What were Ourika's thoughts on these issues?

7. What are some or Ourika's earliest childhood memories?

8. What did Ourika dream about in regards to her future in society? Where did Ourika wish to go?

9. How did Ourika's education differ from the education of Charles and his brother? What were Ourika's school experiences?

10. Ourika had a selfish thought about her state of affairs and about Charles' return from his honeymoon. What was the thought?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the overall condition of St. Germain and Paris during, before and after the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. What were the major changes? How did they affect the characters in the story? What were the characters' lives like after the war was over? How did the French Revolution and Reign of Terror change the opinions and actions of the characters? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast The Code Noir (The Black Code) of 18th century France to the Jim Crow Laws of the 1960s in the United States. What are the major differences? When were the laws changed/repealed? How might Ourika have done something to influence the changes in law? Are there any such laws or codes still used today? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

What might Ourika be like in today's society? Would she suffer from the same debilitating melancholia? Do you think she would have been put on medication? Do you think Ourika would have taken vows to become a nun? How would the relationships between Ourika, Mme. de B. and Charles be different? What might Ourika undertake as a profession? Explain your choices and thoughts in detail.

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