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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. Who is Florent's younger brother's wife?

2. The Quenus are part of ________________.

3. Who is Logre?

4. To what does Florent liken the markets of Les Halles?

5. Whose presence seems to intimidate Florent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What proof of an insurrection does La Belle Lisa find and what decision does she make regarding Florent?

2. Why is Gavard happy that Florent has accepted a job as a fish inspector?

3. Why does La Belle Lisa not tell Quenu about the police waiting to arrest Florent?

4. Who are Marjolin and Cadine and what role does Mere Chantemesse play in their lives?

5. What does Muche talk Pauline into doing, knowing that it will make Pauline's mother mad?

6. Who is the old friend that Florent encounters upon his return to Paris?

7. What does La Belle Lisa do with the photograph she finds?

8. What accounts for Quenu's lack of decisiveness and spoiled behavior?

9. Explain Florent's escape from Devil's Island and his journey back to Paris.

10. Why do the authorities seize Muche's lesson books?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Quenu. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him--if anything--at this point in his life?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in the market class of the mid 1800s, the time period of the novel. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Florent. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point in his life?

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