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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 Claire feel about the duel?

2. Why do doctors refuse to let Newman see Valentin for a while?

3. Where does Valentin's burial take place?

4. How does the Bellegarde family welcome him when he tells them that he and Claire are engaged?

5. How does Newman find out that Valentin has been injured in the duel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bread report the Bellegardes marriage was like?

2. What does Urbain's wife ask Newman to do during the opera?

3. How did Mrs. Bread get connected to the Bellegarde familiy?

4. Why does Mrs. Tristam arrange for Newman to see Claire in her convent?

5. What is Newman's original plan in confronting Urbain and Madame de Bellegarde about the way Claire's father died?

6. What does Newman first tell the injured Valentin about Claire?

7. What does Noemie tell Newman when he confronts her and her father at the Cafe de le Patrie?

8. What does Urbain confirm about his father's murder to Newman?

9. What kind of story does a duchess tell about Newman at this engagement party?

10. What does Mrs. Tristam have to say about Claire and Newman's broken engagement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Newman and Valentin. How are they alike? How are they similar? Make sure to use direct quotations from the text to support your paper.

Essay Topic 2

Write a well-reasoned argument discussing whether or not Newman is a good role model for young, male readers.

Essay Topic 3

Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as good-natured as Newman. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.

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