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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the masseuse in "A Masseuse" complain about?
(a) Clients that don't pay.
(b) Clients that cancel appointments.
(c) Clients that pay her with checks.
(d) Clients that make her come early.

2. What does Colette's friend long for in "Grape Harvest"?
(a) The days of Napoleon.
(b) The days where women were subserviant.
(c) The days of the third republic.
(d) The days of feudalism.

3. What does the woman in "Nostalgia" work as?
(a) As a hair dresser.
(b) A stage hand.
(c) A dresser.
(d) As a background painter.

4. What is the stage performer in "The Child Prodigy" complaining about?
(a) She is too old for most parts.
(b) She is too old to be a model again.
(c) She will never be a child again.
(d) Her daughter is taking her role away from her.

5. What does the woman in "Nostalgia" complain about?
(a) Her pay.
(b) The performers' attitude towards her.
(c) The stage condition.
(d) Her parts.

6. What does Colette say of the performer in "The Starveling"?
(a) He is secretly rich.
(b) He was rich, but lost all of his money.
(c) He plays well.
(d) That he gets by on very little.

7. What does the performer in "The Misfit" do on stage?
(a) Play the flute.
(b) Sings Russian songs and dances.
(c) Dance with a dog.
(d) Fight a bear.

8. What does the performer in "The Misfit" think of the summer crowds?
(a) They are mostly children.
(b) They are old.
(c) They are forgiving.
(d) They are savages.

9. In "Literature" what does the girl ask Colette about?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her many trips.
(c) What she is writing.
(d) Her life.

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

11. What is the name of the dog the trainer praises in "Clever Dogs"?
(a) Charlot.
(b) Rexy.
(c) Cachou.
(d) Robo.

12. What does Colette's friend say she would prevent her daughter from doing in "If I Had a Daughter"?
(a) Get an education.
(b) Meet Colette.
(c) Attending lectures.
(d) Marry young.

13. In "The Other Table" what is the name of the wealthy man?
(a) Clouk.
(b) Marcel.
(c) Rene.
(d) Richard.

14. What strange clients does the masseuse in "A Masseuse" talk about?
(a) Christian Scientists.
(b) Military wives.
(c) Bourgeois.
(d) Foreigners.

15. Where does the troupe arrive at the start of "The Halt"?
(a) In a train station.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In a village.
(d) In a concert hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the troupe think of the location in "The Halt"?

2. What does the maker in the "Corset Maker" talk about?

3. Who complains in "The Workroom"?

4. Why is Gibriche rude to Colette in "Gibriche"?

5. What does the dancer in "After Midnight" like to do?

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