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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 Miss Fisher tell Leopold when she comes back downstairs in Part 3, Chapter 1?
2. What did Karen tell Max that she considered a waste of time?
3. What nationality was Max's father?
4. What does Madame Fisher tell Leopold about his father in Part 2, Chapter 2?
5. Who did Max explain he had a distaste for in Part 2, Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. After confessing to her mother about her plans with Max, what did Mrs.Michaelis convince Karen to do?
2. What does the reader learn of Max's and Karen's relationship in Paris?
3. What did Karen think about while Max was sleeping in Part 2, Chapter 9?
4. What was the reason that Karen and Max met in Boulogne?
5. When Karen asked Max whether he could live 'here', what did she mean? What did Max think she meant?
6. What did Karen and Max do on their rendezvous in Part 2, Chapter 8?
7. What did the letter from Uncle Bill say in Part 2, Chapter 7? How did Mrs.Michaelis react to the letter?
8. How did Karen handle it when Max left for Paris?
9. How does Henrietta comfort Leopold in Part 3, Chapter 1?
10. How did Karen's mother discover that Karen had been lying about who she was with on the weekend in Part 2, Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the metaphors in the novel "The House in Paris." What are some examples of metaphors in the novel? What are the meanings behind these metaphors?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the conflict in "The House in Paris." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations causes these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?
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