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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "The Saleswoman" describe?
(a) Interaction between Colette and a customer.
(b) Interaction between Colette and a store clerk.
(c) Interaction between Colette and a policeman.
(d) Interaction between Colette and another writer.

2. Who does the wealthy man sit with in "Chouk's Fling"?
(a) Alone.
(b) His friends.
(c) A depressing companion.
(d) A woman.

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

4. What does the troupe in "Arrival and Rehearsal" inaugurate?
(a) A new military base.
(b) A new train station.
(c) A new theater.
(d) A new shopping mall.

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

6. What does the girl find condescending in "Literature"?
(a) Love novels.
(b) Children's literature.
(c) Adult literature.
(d) Historical fiction.

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

8. What kind of stories does the girl like?
(a) Stories with pictures.
(b) Stories without boys.
(c) Stories without pictures.
(d) Stories about princesses.

9. Who does the girl in "Love" have an affair with?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Richard.
(c) Rene.
(d) Marcel.

10. Who dissents in the cast in "The Strike, Oh, Lord, the Strike!"?
(a) A woman.
(b) The producer.
(c) A man.
(d) The public.

11. What does the man in "An Interview" describe?
(a) His car.
(b) His business.
(c) His phobias.
(d) His family.

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

13. How many of his friends does the wealthy man see in the stairs in "Chouk Alone"?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

14. How old is the daughter of the stage performer in "The Child Prodigy"?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the performer in "The Misfit"?

2. Who says that the other has ruined her property?

3. What is the name of the older married woman in "Cheri"?

4. How does Colette describe the life at the Music Hall?

5. In "The Other Table" what is the name of the wealthy man?

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