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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Segment 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During conversation, the lover tells the narrator he knows someone that she knows. Who is it?
(a) The younger brother.
(b) Dô.
(c) The older brother.
(d) Hélène Lagonelle.

2. What does the narrator consider takes a personal toll on women?
(a) Having children.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Colonial life.
(d) Going to school.

3. In segment 14, which of the following character or characters in the novel does the narrator state she remembers with the most clarity?
(a) The two women who ran the houses in Paris.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her teachers.

4. Who decided that the narrator's family should move to France?
(a) The older brother.
(b) The lover's father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

5. What is the relationship between the lover and the narrator based on?
(a) Sexual desire.
(b) Love.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject is the narrator less successful in?

2. As a young woman, the narrator was _________.

3. Which does NOT describe Hélène Lagonelle?

4. What does the lover recall with great affection?

5. What type of people were attracted to the houses the narrator describes in segment 14?

(see the answer key)

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