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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Colette end the letter to her friend in "A Letter"?

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

3. What does everyone think of the name of the performer in "The Misfit"?

4. What strange clients does the masseuse in "A Masseuse" talk about?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "The Misfit" describe?

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

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

4. What happened between Colette and a dancer in "Gibriche"?

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

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

7. What does the "Grape Harvest" show?

8. What does "The Halt" describe?

9. What practice is described in "Rites"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine gender roles in the early 20th century and compare it with the roles of men and women today.

Essay Topic 2

Take two love affairs described by Colette and compare and contrast the relationships, including why these love affairs are considered dramatic.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Colette's personal background influenced Colette's writing and the subjects of her stories.

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