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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Backstage at the Music Hall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colette criticize her friend for?
(a) Her clothing choices.
(b) For being immoral and hypocrital.
(c) For being rich and not sharing.
(d) Her choice of men.

2. In "The Screen" what does the wealthy man do because of his depression?
(a) He goes to North Africa.
(b) He tries to kill himself.
(c) He goes to an opium den.
(d) He joins the army.

3. What does Colette say in response to her friends' scolding her in "The Semiramis Bar"?
(a) That the owner is kind to her patrons.
(b) That her friend meets her there.
(c) That she gathers many stories there.
(d) That she likes their special brew.

4. How old is the woman in "Journey's End"?
(a) 46.
(b) 59.
(c) 36.
(d) 43.

5. Who says that the other has ruined her property?
(a) The little girl's mother.
(b) The little girl's godmother.
(c) The little girl's grandmother.
(d) The little girl's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Colette's friend in the Cure talk to Colette about?

2. What does the title character of "A Hairdresser" talk about?

3. What is the name of the girl in "The Hard Worker"?

4. What does Colette say about her friend's adherence to the prejudice and principles of the day?

5. Why does the younger man go back to the older woman in "The Return"?

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