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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 bracelet in "The Bracelet" remind the woman of?

2. Why is Colette angry at herself for at the end of "Bella-Vista"?

3. Who does the man in "Monsieur Maurice" ponder hiring?

4. Who does the man in "Mirror Games" end up choosing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the man haunted by in "Dawn"?

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

4. What are adolescents organizing in "April"?

5. What does Colette encourage an older man to do in "The Tender Shoot"?

6. What does the country doctor in "The Patriarch" experience?

7. What does Colette remember in "Bygone Spring"?

8. Who is Delia in 'The Rainy Moon" and what is she mourning?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

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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