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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 position does Eugene apprentice as?

2. In what year does 'Citoyenne' begin?

3. Who is Rose's father?

4. What does Rose discover upon returning to the convent in 'Madam'?

5. What have most of Rose's family's profits gone to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation regarding Rose's filing for a legal separation from Alexandre?

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

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

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

5. Why does Alexandre have Eugene removed from the convent without Rose's knowledge?

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

7. What is Hortense's reaction to Alexandre upon her return to Paris?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the death motif in the novel "The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B". Who dies in the novel and why? How do these deaths affect Rose, particularly the death of her first husband, Alexandre?

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

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?

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