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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 is the name of the singer Antoinette and her rival fight for?

2. What does the fox of the man try to do in "The Fox"?

3. Why does the man in " A Dead End " become jealous?

4. Where is the man when he meets the girl he becomes enamored with in "The Tender Shoot"?

5. What does Armande display by walking beside her injured lover according to Colette in "Armande"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the boy in "Sick Child" go back and forth between?

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

3. What does the man in "The Respite" have a respite from?

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

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

6. What are Clara and Antoinette rivals over in "The Rivals"?

7. Why does a man hide out in "The Omelet"?

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

9. What does Marco's ex-husband send and what does Marco do with the money?

10. What is Madame Arnaud forthcoming about in "The Photographer's Wife"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Colette's use of imagery and metaphor in "Uncategorized Stories" including what the images and metaphors represent.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what it means to be a bourgeoisie and how Colette describes the bourgeoisie.

Essay Topic 3

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

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