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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 Anna Bella say when Vincent asks to court her?

2. What profession begins to fascinate Marcel in Section 9, Volume 2?

3. Whose house does Marie escape to after she is raped?

4. What is the name of a voodoo woman Anna Bella visits?

5. Who takes Marcel to an abandoned cottage to meet up with Anna Bella in Section 14, Volume 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rudolphe is arrested?

2. What do Philippe and Marcel talk about when Philippe stays at their cottage in Section 10, Volume 2?

3. What does Josette educate Marcel on regarding his heritage when he comes to stay with her?

4. How does Rudolphe react when he is not allowed to vote?

5. How does Philippe's behavior change after he leaves Aglae and moves in with Cecile?

6. What does Marcel learn about his father's wishes when he goes to a notary in Section 11, Volume 2?

7. What is the nature of Marcel and Anna Bella's conversation at the end of Section 10, Volume 2?

8. How is the gift Philippe gives to Marie in Section 8, Volume 1 described?

9. What does Marcel do when he is presented with a marriage proposal from a woman named Marguerite?

10. Why does Marcel choose not to visit Anna Bella in Section 8, Volume 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For many of the book's characters, physical appearance plays an important role in the way they are viewed in society.

Part 1) What impact does having a beautiful physical appearance have on Marie?

Part 2) What appears to be the desires of women of color regarding their physical appearance in the book, and why do you think they feel this way?

Part 3) How do the views of the women of color in the book about their physical appearance present an ironic condition for them to live in, in other words, how do they create more problems for themselves because of their actions towards physical appearance?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of escape that is presented in the book. Why do so many of the book's characters choose to escape their current situation rather than fight against it to change it for the better? Does this phenomenon create problems or solutions?

Essay Topic 3

Inequality is a leading theme presented at the very beginning of the book to the end.

Part 1) How are women and men portrayed an unequal in the book, regardless of race?

Part 2) What role does race appear to play in the presence of inequality in the book?

Part 3) Why is there a presence of inequality present in members of the same race and what factors are present to explain this?

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