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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. What does the man in "The Murderer" go back to repeatedly?
(a) The scene of the crime.
(b) His house.
(c) His parents.
(d) His favorite restaurant.

2. Who does the man in "The Omelet" kill?
(a) His father.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

3. What advice does the man in "The Advice" give to the young man?
(a) To go back home.
(b) To go for a walk.
(c) To try to win his love back.
(d) To join the army.

4. Why is the woman in "The Judge" cross for?
(a) Her haircut.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her young lover.
(d) Her neckless.

5. When does the woman in "The Hand" first notice the hands of her husband?
(a) During the wedding ceremony.
(b) During their first date.
(c) When he meets her parents.
(d) While he sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Colette try to convince her friend to spend time at in "The Tender Shoot"?

2. Where does the man Marco had an affair with go after breaking up with her?

3. Who does the man in "The Burglar" try to rob?

4. Why is Colette angry at herself for at the end of "Bella-Vista"?

5. Why does the man in "Dawn" go to the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colette remember in "Bygone Spring"?

2. Who is Marco in "The Kepi"?

3. How is the relationship between two men ruined in "The Fox"?

4. Why does Bernard end an affair in "The Rendezvous"?

5. What does the country doctor in "The Patriarch" experience?

6. What does the hollow nut Colette describes in "The Hollow Nut" symbolize?

7. What does "In the Flower of Age" describe?

8. What does Colette discuss in "Green Sealing Wax"?

9. What does the soldier do in "The Bitch"?

10. What is the man haunted by in "Dawn"?

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