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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. In what field does Frederic ask Dambreuse to recommend him for a position?
2. To whom does Frederic suggest the portrait he commissions be given?
3. Where does Frederic begin to work after learning of his meager inheritance?
4. What does Sénécal believe the sole purpose of art to be?
5. Under what pretense does Frederic visit Dambreuse in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which of Frederic's friends are invited to his housewarming party? What is their opinion of his new lifestyle?
2. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry with him?
3. Whom does Frederic immediately go to visit when he hears that Jacques Arnoux has gone to Germany? What surprise is waiting for him? Where is the person he was looking for?
4. From whom does Madame Moreau borrow money? How does she pay off this debt? How does this affect Frederic's future?
5. What is Madame Moreau's background? What aspirations does she have for her son?
6. What are some of Frederic's artistic ambitions? What art has he already produced at this point?
7. What work does Charles Deslauriers do for his father? What unusual physical feature is a result of this work?
8. With whom does Frederic develop a friendship in Chapter 6? How do the other characters feel about this friendship?
9. What kind of trouble does Frederic discover Arnoux is experiencing? With whom does he discuss this? What does he learn?
10. Where is the protagonist when the novel begins? What does he look like and what does he have with him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of women in the A Sentimental Education? Compare and contrast the roles of Rosanette, Louise Roque, and Madame Dambreuse to that of Marie Arnoux. In what ways are their roles similar? How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
Death is a major theme in A Sentimental Education. How are the major deaths in the novel described? How does Frederic react to the deaths of his son and Monsieur Dambreuse? What does this reveal about the protagonist?
Essay Topic 3
How is the theme of honor presented in A Sentimental Education? Whose honor does Frederic defend in his duel with Cisy? Which characters in the novel can be considered honorable? Why?
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