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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. How long will Rose's petition take in 'Madam'?

2. What does Alexandre want in exchange for giving Rose anything she wants in 'Madam'?

3. Who is Laura Longpre?

4. Why is Rose sad when she leaves her island home in 'Madam'?

5. In what prison are Rose and Alexandre both held?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would people refer to Eugene as a "dauphin"?

2. What effect does the turmoil in France have on Rose's life in 'Citoyenne'?

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

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

5. Why is Alexandre so angry when he learns that Rose has sent the children to England in 'Citoyenne'?

6. Why is Rose afraid for Alexandre regarding his new position in 'Citoyenne'?

7. Why does Rose not terminate Agathe even though she feels she is spying on her?

8. What ploy does Alexandre use in an attempt to change Rose's attitude toward him in their legal matters?

9. Why do Rose and Hortense make a trip to Rose's family's plantation home in 'Madam'?

10. What does Rose learn about the profits from the family's plantation business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What struggles and obstacles does Rose face throughout the novel? How do they affect her mentally and emotionally? Is she able to overcome them? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the conflicts of the novel "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B". What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How do these conflicts involve and affect Rose? How are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Rose's money problems in the novel. Why does Rose experience money problems? How does Alexandre and her father make her financial situation worse? What does Rose do to try and make some money? Is she successful?

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