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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Varieties of Human Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the younger man go back to the older woman in "The Return"?
(a) He is tired of his wife.
(b) His wife died.
(c) His wife is poor.
(d) He wants a mistress.

2. What does Colette say about her friend's adherence to the prejudice and principles of the day?
(a) They made her a paria.
(b) They made her a good mother.
(c) They made her a better person.
(d) They ruined her.

3. Why does the performer in "The Starveling" try to save money before returning to Paris?
(a) He wants to wow a woman.
(b) His wife is high maintenance.
(c) He almost lost him home the prior year.
(d) He almost starved the prior year.

4. Why does the man in "A Dead End" feel relief?
(a) The woman he loves marries him.
(b) The woman he loves has an affair.
(c) The woman he loves leaves him.
(d) The woman he loves dies.

5. Why is the man in "The Omelet" starving?
(a) He is hiding because of his crime.
(b) He fasts as a penitence.
(c) He can't cook.
(d) Nobody wants to serve him food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man in "The Omelet" kill?

2. Why does the man in "Dawn" go to the country?

3. What does Colette criticize her friend for?

4. Who receives a sub par allowance for costumes in "The Workroom"?

5. What does the girl in "The Hard Worker" worry about?

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