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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. What does Paloma think of Maître Arthens?
(a) That he is not really dying.
(b) That he is going to hell.
(c) That he is a bad man.
(d) That he is kind.

2. What do Renee's clients believe in common?
(a) They are dying.
(b) They are entitled.
(c) They are extremely interesting.
(d) A concierge is so far below their social class they are unintelligent.

3. What does Pierre do?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A food critic.
(c) A physician.
(d) An accountant.

4. What does a young man say about Marx to Renee Michel?
(a) That Marx was a lunatic.
(b) That Marx made him incredibly depressed.
(c) That Marx was deluded.
(d) That Marx has changed the way he sees the world.

5. Who is Neptune?
(a) Madame de Broglie's cat.
(b) Madame de Broglie's dog.
(c) Manuela's Macaw.
(d) A cat that lives in the alleyway near Renee's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Renee Michel's challenge?

2. For how long has Paloma's mother been taking anti-anxiety medicines?

3. What does Paloma realize about words?

4. How does Renee characterize that dog?

5. What profoundly moves Paloma one day as she watches two divers on television?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Olympe.

2. What filmmaker has Renee recently been introduced to and which film does she like of his and why?

3. What has Renee decided about phenomenology and how does she use Kant to come to this conclusion?

4. What do the Renee's clients believe about concierges and how does Renee try to project their image of the average concierge?

5. Who is Manuela and what does she want to do?

6. What does Paloma notice about one of the rugby players?

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

8. Describe Renee Michel.

9. What does Paloma decide to do after observing an interesting rugby player?

10. What was Renee's marriage like?

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