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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 Marcel attend at the beginning of Section 3, Volume 1?

2. Whom does Marcel recognize as a very beautiful woman at the opera in Section 7, Volume 1?

3. Whom does Christophe take in in Section 7, Volume 1?

4. How is Juliet and Christophe's initial reunion described in the book?

5. Whom is Marcel at the opera with when he spots his father in the audience?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marcel react when Christophe tells him Michael is returning to Paris is Section 6, Volume 1?

2. What does Philippe ask Richard to do after a child's wake in Section 4, Volume 1?

3. What does Jean Jacques teach Marcel regarding his people?

4. What does Anna Bella ask of Richard regarding Marcel in Section 4, Volume 1?

5. How does Marcel react when he sees his father at the opera?

6. How does Marcel try to learn to read in Section 3, Volume 1?

7. What does Christophe tell Marcel happened to him when he first arrived in Paris?

8. How is Christophe's relationship with Michael first described?

9. Why is Marcel not able to spend time with Anna Bella in Section 2, Volume 1 of the book?

10. What happens when Anna Bella seeks comfort from Marcel after Michael's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the presence of violence in the book. How do characters like Philippe and Cecile use violence as a way of controlling others in the book and what does this say about the nature of their character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of relationships between parents and children in the book. Why do you think the author presented so many flawed relationships between parents and children in the book, and what impact might these poor relationships have on the actions of the younger generation characters?

Essay Topic 3

Gender played an integral role in the way one was treated in society during the 1800s.

Part 1) Why were men and women treated so differently in society regardless of their race?

Part 2) Why were black men able to overcome some barriers created by race that women weren't able to cross because of gender?

Part 3) What can we learn about the nature of white gentlemen based on their actions towards women of color in the book?

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