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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 is Rose's husband's position?

2. What is Alexandre named president of in 'Citoyenne'?

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

4. In what environment does Alexandre not want Eugene to be raised in?

5. What does Rose learn from Therese in 'Citoyenne'?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What big favor does Rose ask of her friends, Princess Amalia and her brother, Frederick in 'Citoyenne'?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the setting of the novel; Paris during the French Revolution. What are some of the characteristics of this time period? How does this time period shape the novel? Is the novel an accurate portrayal of how life would have been for the upper class during the French Revolution? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of the novel. What is the genre of the novel and what are the elements of this kind of genre? What are some other titles of the same genre? What do these works have in common?

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