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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. What does Colette describe in "Rites"?
(a) Valentine's education.
(b) Valentine's manner of getting ready to go out.
(c) Valentine's work.
(d) Valentine's family.

2. What does the girl in "The Hard Worker" do for a living?
(a) She is a dresser.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a singer.
(d) She is a hair dresser.

3. Why does Colette's friend scold her for frequenting a bar in "The Semiramis Bar"?
(a) It is disreputable.
(b) It is for poor people.
(c) Foreigners go there.
(d) It is small and bad smelling.

4. Who does the woman in "The Circus Horse" perform with?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Colette.

5. In "The Other Table" what is the profession of the wealthy man's love interest?
(a) Music hall hair dresser.
(b) Music hall dresser.
(c) Music hall small hand.
(d) Music hall star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the younger man say to the woman that makes her indignant?

2. Why does the nightingale begin to sing at night according to Colette in "A Fable: The Tendrils of the Vine"?

3. Where do the two men in "The Fox" walk every day?

4. Who complains in "The Workroom"?

5. What does Colette criticize her friend for?

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