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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 wife of the man in "The Other Wife" wonder?

2. Who wins over the singer in "The Rivals"?

3. Where do the two men in "The Fox" walk every day?

4. Where does the man in "The Hidden Woman" want his wife to go to?

5. Who is Antoinette the rival of in "The Rivals"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are adolescents organizing in "April"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Colette become irked in "Bella-Vista"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Colette's personal background influenced Colette's writing and the subjects of her stories.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one positive female character described by Colette and why she does not do this at the expense of positive male characters.

Essay Topic 3

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

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