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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Marquise wish to do when she wakes up after the attacks?
(a) She wishes to move away.
(b) She wishes to go back to sleep.
(c) She wishes to thank her rescuer.
(d) She wishes to see her children.

2. Why does the family try to persuade the Count to stay at the house?
(a) So that he and the Marquise can get to know each other better.
(b) The family wishes to throw a party in his honor.
(c) The Count is injured.
(d) Because the war makes it dangerous to travel.

3. Why does the Marquise not believe the doctor when he says she is pregnant?
(a) She does not remember having relations with a man.
(b) She is barren.
(c) She does not have the symptoms of a pregnancy.
(d) The doctor has been wrong before.

4. What day is the baby's father supposed to arrive?
(a) The eighth.
(b) The third.
(c) The first.
(d) The tenth.

5. What does the Count tell the family about during dinner?
(a) His experiences during his recovery.
(b) His childhood.
(c) An old friend who he plans to visit.
(d) His experiences during the war.

6. How does "The Marquise of O-" conclude?
(a) The Count and the Marquise are unable to get along and part ways quietly.
(b) The Marquise becomes sick and abandons her children as she flees to the country.
(c) The Count dies in combat and the Marquise moves in with her parents.
(d) The Marquise and the Count get married a second time and live happily.

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

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

9. What does the Marquise do after Count F saves her?
(a) She faints.
(b) She cries.
(c) She offers him money.
(d) She slaps him.

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

11. Why does the Marquise call for a doctor?
(a) She has a mysterious rash on her arms and legs.
(b) Because her feet ache.
(c) Because her abdomen begins to swell.
(d) Because she has trouble breathing.

12. How do the Count and the Marquise live until after the baby is born?
(a) The Count is stationed hours away and the Marquise stays with her parents.
(b) In separate houses.
(c) They live together in the country.
(d) They live together at the Marquise's parents' house.

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

14. What is the Marquise's father often referred to in the story?
(a) The commandment.
(b) The commander.
(c) The commodore.
(d) The commandant.

15. What does the Marquise's father ask Count F after the attacks?
(a) He asks for the name of the Count's commanding officer.
(b) He asks for help with rebuilding his home.
(c) He asks about Count F's background and family.
(d) He asks for the names of the men who attacked the Marquise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Count headed when he stops at the Marquise's home?

2. What is the Marquise forced to do after she awakes following the attacks?

3. What does the Marquise's family hear about the Count as they try to decide how to thank him?

4. How does the Count locate the Marquise?

5. What place is the Marquise's father ordered to defend?

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