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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 does Colette describe in "Rites"?

2. What friend does Colette write a letter to in "A Letter"?

3. What is the letter Collete writes despite criticizing her friend?

4. What does Colette criticize her friend for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Arrival and Rehearsal" continue?

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

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

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

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

6. Who does Colette describe in "Lola"?

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

8. Why does Valentine scold Colette in "The Semiramis Bar"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define feminism and determine what character is the best example of a woman despairing over her lack of meaningful work.

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

Examine why French author Sidonie Gabrielle Colette focused on female independence.

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