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

2. Who does the hairdresser in "A Hairdresser" talk with her friends about?
(a) Colette.
(b) Andree.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Marie.

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

4. What is the weather like in "Matinee"?
(a) Very warm.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Chilly.
(d) Very cold.

5. In "The Other Table" how long had the wealthy man seen his love interest for?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the performer in "Moments of Stress" use in his show?

3. What kind of stories does the girl like?

4. Why does the performer in "The Starveling" try to save money before returning to Paris?

5. Who does the woman in "The Circus Horse" perform with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the stories in "Dialogues for One Voice" have in common?

2. What happens between Cheri and Lea in "Cheri", "The Return", and "The Pearls"?

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

4. In "If I Had a Daughter" what does Colette find unpleasant?

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

6. What happens with the man's friends in "Chouk Alone"?

7. What does Colette find out about the dancer's mother?

8. In "The Other Table" what man does Colette speak of?

9. Who is Charlot in "Clever Dogs"?

10. In "Gitanette" what story does Gitanette tell Colette?

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