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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why of Paloma punished?
(a) For being rude to her mother.
(b) For slapping her sister.
(c) For refusing to do her homework.
(d) For correcting her father in front of company.

2. Who is gossiping about Madame de Broglie?
(a) Manuela and her husband.
(b) Renee and Manuela.
(c) Renee and the maintenance man.
(d) Manuela and a maid for the building next door.

3. What has Renee never had?
(a) A family.
(b) A home of her own.
(c) Formal education.
(d) A dearth of friends.

4. How does Renee think of Manuela?
(a) As an aristocrat.
(b) As a drudge.
(c) As a high-strung angel.
(d) As a base person.

5. What is the young man's reaction to Renee's suggestion?
(a) Condescension.
(b) Incredulity.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Disdain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Renee's family characterized as far as showing affection?

2. Who is Pierre Arthens?

3. What is the significance of building number 7 at rue de Grenelle?

4. What does Renee think of what she read of this author?

5. What do Athena and Neptune attempt to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Renee say when the son of a tenant in the building says something to Renee about Marx?

2. How does Madame de Broglie injure her ankle?

3. What causes Renee to reflect on the meaning of life and what is her conclusion?

4. What way did Paloma consider suicide and what why does she finally settle upon in her mind?

5. What does Renee remember about Arthens' son?

6. What was Renee's marriage like?

7. Describe Renee Michel.

8. What does Paloma think is important to her mother and what does she say about her mother?

9. What does Paloma hear at a dinner party and what does it make her think?

10. Where does Renee work; how long has she worked there, and what are her clients like?

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