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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. Who does Colette see kissing in "Bygone Spring"?

2. What does the man in "The Respite" find a picture of in the newspaper?

3. Where does the soldier in "The Bitch" go while on leave?

4. What does Mardame Arnaud try to do?

5. Who does Colette imagine in love in "October"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women discuss during "Secrets"?

2. "What happens in the country during "The Watchmen"?

3. What does Colette discuss in "Green Sealing Wax"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the soldier do in "The Bitch"?

10. What are adolescents organizing in "April"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one character and examine the transformation that the character undergoes.

Essay Topic 2

Define juxtaposition and discuss how Colette uses juxtaposition to depict the good and bad in both men and women.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term foreshadowing and discuss how Colette uses foreshadowing in her writing.

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