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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. How old is Marco in "The Kepi"?

2. Who is Armande's love talking to at the start of "Armande"?

3. Who is the young man in "The Advice" trying to leave?

4. How does Colette describe the feelings of the man in "The Hidden Woman" during the night?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Colette discuss in "The Hand"?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the man in "The Hidden Woman" do instead of going out of town?

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

8. Who is Marco in "The Kepi"?

9. How does Maxine become convinced that Armande loves him in "Armande"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Colette's use of dialogue in her writing and why she uses dialogue from characters.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Colette's role as both a narrator and character in some of the stories and determine how it benefits or detracts from the story line.

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