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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 man in "The Advice" think the young man left?

2. Why does the man in "The Other Wife" start to feel depressed?

3. What does the man in "Monsieur Maurice" need to hire?

4. What does the bracelet in "The Bracelet" remind the woman of?

5. What happens to Colette and Valentine in "One Evening"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does an aging woman imagine in "The Judge"?

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

8. Who is Marco in "The Kepi"?

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

10. What are adolescents organizing in "April"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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