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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 did Max reveal to Karen about his father in Part 2, Chapter 6?
2. How had Max behaved around the young female boarders?
3. Where did Karen and Max have lunch in Part 2, Chapter 8?
4. According to Karen's mother, why was Naomi a good match for Max?
5. Where did Max think Karen was referring to when she asked if he could live "here" in Part 2, Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened at the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?
2. When Karen asked Max whether he could live 'here', what did she mean? What did Max think she meant?
3. After confessing to her mother about her plans with Max, what did Mrs.Michaelis convince Karen to do?
4. What did Karen think of her time at Madame Fisher's in Paris?
5. How did Karen handle it when Max left for Paris?
6. How did Karen's mother discover that Karen had been lying about who she was with on the weekend in Part 2, Chapter 11?
7. How did Karen discover that her mother knew she was lying in Part 2, Chapter 11?
8. What was the reason that Karen and Max met in Boulogne?
9. What did Karen find Max doing in the morning in Part 2, Chapter 10?
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 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?
Essay Topic 2
A theme of the novel is Frenchness versus Englishness. What are some examples of this theme that relates to setting, character, and plot? How does this theme relate to the themes of appearance versus reality and the desire to live a passionate life?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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