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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 condition of the soldier in Chapter 13?

2. What does Jules Blanc tell Florence during their telephone conversation?

3. Where is Philippe Pericand's parish?

4. Who is occupying the Michauds' seats when they reach the car they are to travel to Tours in?

5. What does Hubert decide he wants to do concerning the impending invasion of the Germans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Arlette Corail.

2. What is the feeling of the townspeople when the Germans finally arrive in the town where Arlette Corail is staying?

3. What does the elder Monsieur Pericand dictate in his will to the notary?

4. Describe the character of Gabriel Corte.

5. What has Hubert Pericand decided to do concerning the war and why?

6. What is the atmosphere of Paris and among its citizens in Chapters 5 and 6?

7. Describe the character of Charles Langelet.

8. What is the status of Jean-Marie Michauds health in Chapter 24?

9. How does Charles Langelet feel about his fellow refugees? Why?

10. What does Hubert find when he arrives to join in the fight on the Allier River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a definite change in literary style as the novel transitions from Part 1 into Part 2. Compare and contrast the style of the first part of the novel with the second part. How does this change in narrative style affect the novel?

Essay Topic 2

All of the different socio-economic classes in France at the time are represented through the different characters in the novel. Identify a character or family of characters that represent each different class, from servants to the working class to the middle class to the upper class. How does the war affect the people in the classes differently? Are the poor more susceptible to the negative attributes of war than the people in the middle and upper classes? How do people from the different classes view the war and the occupation?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the presence of one of the following themes in the novel: money, love, food, enemies, secrets, friendship, charity. How is the theme present in the novel? What characters or situations does the theme relate to? Provide examples. What is the theme's importance in the novel?

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