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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After hearing the news of the Count, what does the Marquise start to feel?
(a) Numbness.
(b) Giddiness and nausea.
(c) A restlessness that fails to cease.
(d) Severe pain in her side.

2. How does the Marquise react to the news about the Count?
(a) She is amused.
(b) She is disappointed.
(c) She is distraught.
(d) She is indifferent.

3. What nationality was the author of "Marquise of O-"?
(a) Russian.
(b) Austrian.
(c) Belgian.
(d) German.

4. What does the Marquise's mother do without her husband's permission?
(a) She meets up with the Count.
(b) She visits her daughter.
(c) She sends money to her daughter.
(d) She sends a letter to the Marquise.

5. Where is the Count headed when he stops at the Marquise's home?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Naples.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Berlin.

6. What does the Marquise's father reach for as she pleads her case?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A match.
(d) A letter opener.

7. Why does the Marquise pack up her belongings, as well as her children's things?
(a) She believes her father wants to kill her.
(b) She feels shame in front of her parents.
(c) Her cousin in the next town is in need of care.
(d) She wishes to run her own household.

8. What does the Count claim when he visits the family?
(a) That his wife has recently died.
(b) That he is being sent to war.
(c) That he has gone broke.
(d) That he is the father of the baby.

9. When the Count tells the Marquise that he wants to marry her, what does she tell him?
(a) She tells him that she will think about it.
(b) She tells him that he is foolish.
(c) She tells him that she wishes for the same.
(d) She tells him to go away.

10. How many children is the Marquise raising?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

11. What does the Marquise's family hear about the Count as they try to decide how to thank him?
(a) That is a famous womanizer.
(b) That he is at a nearby estate, injured.
(c) That he has been killed in battle.
(d) That he was resonsible for the Marquise's attack.

12. What does the Marquise's brother tell her as she is leaving the house?
(a) That she will never be forgiven.
(b) That she is no longer welcome at the family home.
(c) That she must leave the children behind.
(d) That she is a good person.

13. How does the Count feel about marrying the Marquise?
(a) He is unsure about the idea.
(b) He is comfortable with the idea.
(c) He feels strongly about it.
(d) He is 100% sure of the idea.

14. Who is the author of "The Marquise of O-"?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Hermann Hesse.
(c) Heinrich von Kleist.
(d) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

15. What country attacks the Marquise's country?
(a) America.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Marquise command her porter to do?

2. How does the Count locate the Marquise?

3. What does the Marquise's father ask Count F after the attacks?

4. How does the Count react after seeing the newspaper article?

5. What country does the Marquise live in?

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