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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. How does Félicité lose her first job?
2. Who does Félicité find while she is in Trouville?
3. What cure does the doctor recommend for Virginie's nervous complaint?
4. What is Félicité's defining act of heroism?
5. What kind of a mantle is in the living room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is your impression of Mme. Simon?
2. How does Flaubert choose to describe the procession of Corpus Christi and Félicité's death? What affect does this have?
3. Describe the scene with the bull and explain why you think it is important.
4. What do we learn about Félicité through her relationship with Theodore?
5. On the way to Trouville, Félicité overhears Liebard talking about the woman that Theodore left her to marry, but she does not hear the end of the story. What, if any, function does this have in the story?
6. What do you think Félicité means when she says of Victor's death that "'It doesn't matter a bit, not to them it doesn't'"?
7. Why do you think it has such a big impact on Félicité when Mme. Aubain embraces her?
8. What do we learn about Félicité's eating habits and what do they tell us about her character?
9. Explain the irony of Félicité's dismissal from her first job.
10. Do you think that Félicité's final vision is religious or delusional? Does it matter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Flaubert is a critical figure in the literary movement called Realism, in which authors attempted to tell a story that mimics life as it actually is. To what extent is "A Simple Heart" realistic? Is Félicité a realistic character? In what ways would you answer yes and in what ways no? Do you think that realism is an attainable goal for a piece of literature?
Essay Topic 2
What is the symbolic significance of the parrot? Review the parrots role in the story and create an argument that describes how the parrot functions symbolically in "A Simple Heart." As always, be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze Félicité's relationship to religion and the divine. You might consider in particular the ways in which she seeks to draw literal relationships between descriptions and stories of God, or the divine and her literal earthly world. Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.
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