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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 many of Marie's children have died?

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

3. What does Rose have a vision of while in prison?

4. Who is the daughter of the woman who Rose moves in with in 'Citoyenne'?

5. Where does Agathe routinely visit in 'Citoyenne'?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Emilie and what role does she have in Rose's family?

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

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

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

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

8. What message is delivered when Rose hears a voice while in prison?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events of the French Revolution and discuss how they might have affected Rose's life. What is the Reign of Terror? What are the reasons that the French Revolution took place? What was Alexandre de Beauharnais's involvement in the French Revolution?

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 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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