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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. What kind of stories does the girl like?

2. What does the performer in 'Moments of Stress" create in Colette?

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

4. What does Colette describe in "Rites"?

5. What is the performer given in "The Misfit"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Colette worry about in "The Starveling"?

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

4. What happens with dancers according to "The Accompanist"?

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

6. What does "Arrival and Rehearsal" continue?

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

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

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

10. What does the "Grape Harvest" show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare youthful characters with older characters and examine their motivations and conflicts, discussing how Colette describes each.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Colette's discussion of immorality, prejudices, and principles in "Early Stories."

Essay Topic 3

Examine how Colette's use of narrative methods benefit her examination of human nature.

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