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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Colette end the letter to her friend in "A Letter"?
(a) She says that they can remain friends.
(b) She says they will meet again when she return from Tanger.
(c) She says that she wishes she was like her.
(d) She says that they can't understand each other.

2. What does the younger man say to the woman that makes her indignant?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is moving to North Africa.
(d) He is joining the army.

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

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

5. What does the character in "The Accompanist" say about her being on stage?
(a) She loves it.
(b) She fell in love with it after hating it for many years.
(c) She fell out of love with it.
(d) That she never wanted it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the woman in "The Victim"?

3. What does the younger man see that makes him depressed in "The Pearls"?

4. What does the man in "An Interview" describe?

5. What town does the troupe do in "La Fenice"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the goddaughter unhappy in "My Goddaughter"?

2. What is vulgar according to Colette in "The Master"?

3. What does Colette think is a kind of freedom for Valentine in "Newly Shorn"?

4. What does "The Strike, Oh, Lord, the Strike!" describe?

5. What does the man accept in "Chouk's Fling"?

6. Who is Charlot in "Clever Dogs"?

7. Who goes to the opium den in "The Screen" and why?

8. How is the tenor described in "The Tenor"?

9. What conditions does Colette describe in "The Workroom" and "Matinee"?

10. What does the stage mother complain of in "The Child Prodigy"?

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