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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 the performer in "The Misfit" do on stage?

2. In "The Other Table" what do the wealthy man and his love interest do?

3. Why does the younger man go back to the older woman in "The Return"?

4. What does the woman in "Journey's End" have trouble with?

5. How does Colette describe the tenor in "The Tenor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Colette write about in "A Letter" and what criticisms does she give?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Colette tell a story of in "A Fable: The Tendrils of the Vine"?

7. What practice is described in "Rites"?

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

9. What happened to Josette in "The Victim"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Colette's focus on mundane or trivial events and what these minor events or items symbolize.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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