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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. At the end of Chapter 6, what did Naomi do inside while Max and Karen sat in silence outside?
2. Who was the letter for that arrived from Madame Fisher in Part 2, Chapter 7?
3. What did Karen realize about her relationship with Naomi in Part 2, Chapter 9?
4. Where did Karen intend to spend a year?
5. Who was the second letter in Chapter 7 from?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Karen realize while walking through the town with Max in Part 2, Chapter 9?
2. How did Karen discover that her mother knew she was lying in Part 2, Chapter 11?
3. After confessing to her mother about her plans with Max, what did Mrs.Michaelis convince Karen to do?
4. When Karen asked Max whether he could live 'here', what did she mean? What did Max think she meant?
5. What did Karen think about while Max was sleeping in Part 2, Chapter 9?
6. What did Karen find Max doing in the morning in Part 2, Chapter 10?
7. What does Madame Fisher tell Leopold about his past in Part 3, Chapter 2?
8. Describe the opening scene of Part 2, Chapter 5.
9. What does the reader learn of Max's and Karen's relationship in Paris?
10. What did the letter from Uncle Bill say in Part 2, Chapter 7? How did Mrs.Michaelis react to the letter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the contrasts which Bowen illustrates throughout the novel. What contrasts are evident? How do these contrasts relate to the themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the motif of betrayal in the novel "The House in Paris." Who betrays whom in the novel, and why? How do these examples of betrayal affect the lives of the principal and secondary characters?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author of the novel "The House in Paris," Elizabeth Bowen. What others works did she write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Bowen's other work? How is she regarded in the literary world?
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