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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. How does the letter from Leopold's aunt to Miss Fisher make Leopold feel?
2. Who has just arrived from England in Part 1, Chapter 1?
3. What does Leopold find in Miss Fisher's handbag that frustrates him?
4. Besides Ray, who did Karen write to in Part 2, Chapter 2?
5. What does the letter from Leopold's aunt to Miss Fisher hint at?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened at the end of Chapter 4 in Part 2?
2. What does the reader learn of Leopold's family in Part 1, Chapter 2?
3. What did Karen tell Violet during their conversation about Karen's engagement?
4. Who did Karen meet on the ferry in Part 2, Chapter 3? What did these two characters talk about?
5. What does Leopold do that causes both he and Henrietta to become nervous at the end of Part 1 Chapter 2?
6. How does Henrietta feel upon entering the Fisher household in Part 1, Chapter 1?
7. What did Karen learn from Madame Fisher's letter in Part 2, Chapter 3?
8. How did Karen feel during her stay at Mount Iris?
9. What does the reader learn of Henrietta's family in Part 1, Chapter 2?
10. What does Henrietta learn of Leopold's father in Part 1, Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the deaths in the novel "The House in Paris." What deaths take place throughout the narrative? What purpose might these deaths serve? How do the principle characters react to these deaths and how do they affect their lives?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of motherhood in the novel "The House in Paris." Who are the principal maternal characters in the novel? What are prominent mother-child relationships in the novel? How do these relationships affect the plot and the lives of the characters?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and interpret the relationship between Karen and Max. What does Karen believe her feelings for Max are at first? How do her feelings change as Part 2 progresses? What takes place between Max and Karen in Part 2? How does her affair with Max change her life?
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