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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rose ask to accompany her to visit Marie in 'Madam'?
(a) Therese.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Fanny.
(d) Hortense.

2. What is Alexandre named president of in 'Citoyenne'?
(a) The Citizens Revolution.
(b) The National Assembly.
(c) France.
(d) Parliament.

3. Why does Rose's mother think that Mimi should be sold?
(a) An unhappy slave is a dangerous slave.
(b) She is too old to work anymore.
(c) She is frail from illness.
(d) She cannot have any more babies.

4. In what environment does Alexandre not want Eugene to be raised in?
(a) With a pair of feuding parents.
(b) Without his father's influence.
(c) In the polluted Paris air.
(d) In a house of women.

5. What does Alexandre do in prison that hurts Rose?
(a) He refuses the children's letters.
(b) He refuses to speak to her.
(c) He has an affair with another woman.
(d) He does not talk to their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Claude's baby daughter become one day?

2. Who is Rose's father?

3. Who is Laura Longpre?

4. What is a dauphin?

5. Why is Marie divorcing Francois?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the encounter between Rose and William Browden like in 'Madam'?

2. Why does Rose bear such guilt over Amalia and Frederick's failed second attempt to escape to England?

3. Why does Rose feel compelled to move out of her home in 'Madam'?

4. Why are her finances a constant subject of concern for Rose throughout her life?

5. Why does Rose leave the island prior to an invasion by the English?

6. Why are Alexandre and Rose under greater scrutiny due to an act by Alexandre's brother, Francois?

7. Why does Claire believe that Mimi should be sold?

8. Why is Alexandre once again absent from the family in 'Citoyenne'?

9. Describe the reunion of Rose and Eugene after having been separated for awhile in 'Citoyenne'?

10. What is the particular sadness Rose feels while leaving the island in 'Madam'?

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