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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 Frederic begin writing to distract himself from his infatuation with Marie Arnoux?
2. Who gives Sénécal a job after he leaves Arnoux's factory?
3. What position does Deslauriers encourage Frederic to campaign for?
4. What is Cécile's relationship to Monsieur Dambreuse?
5. In Chapter 6 of Part Two, what does Frederic swear to Marie Arnoux he will never do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Deslauriers go to visit Marie Arnoux? What news does he give her? What is her reaction?
2. What effect does Frederic's paying Rosanette's IOU to Mademoiselle Vatnaz have on the relationship between him and Rosanette? What does he begin to notice about her?
3. To whom does Rosanette first turn to get the four thousand francs she needs to pay off her debts? In the end, who is it that loans the money to Frederic on her behalf? Why?
4. What does Mademoiselle Vatnaz believe the role of the woman to be? What is Rosanette's position on the subject?
5. What decision to Frederic make about the Arnouxs upon returning to Paris in Chapter 6 of Part Two? What request hampers his plan?
6. On what pretense does Rosanette convince Frederic to visit her? What is the misunderstanding that makes their visit so uncomfortable?
7. How does Frederic respond when Pellerin asks him to pay for the painting of Rosanette he commissioned? What becomes of the painting in the end?
8. What does the painting Frederic comments upon in Dambreuse's house depict? Who painted it?
9. What does Frederic do with the fifteen thousand francs he requested from his solicitor to invest in Deslauriers' project? How does he explain his inability to invest this sum to Deslauriers?
10. What does Frederic think when he sees how affected Louise Roque is by his visit? Why is Monsieur Roque interested in seeing his daughter marry Frederic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What elements of A Sentimental Education characterize this work as a Realist novel? How does this work exemplify literary realism? Give two specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What is the importance of setting in A Sentimental Education? Where do the important scenes take place? In what time period is the novel set? Why is this significant?
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