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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 does "The Marquise of O-" conclude?

2. Who is the author of "The Marquise of O-"?

3. How does the Marquise react to the news about the Count?

4. What day is the baby's father supposed to arrive?

5. What does the Count give the baby when it is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Count do after visiting the Marquise's family?

2. What happens while the family are trying to think of a way to show their gratitude to the Count?

3. Why does the Marquise call for a doctor?

4. How does the story end?

5. How does the Count shock the Marquise's brother?

6. How does the Marquise's father react when he hears that the Marquise is with child?

7. What is surprising about the Count's visit?

8. What is the Marquise doing at the beginning of the story?

9. How is the Marquise described?

10. What does the Marquise refuse to do before leaving the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between the Marquise and Count F. What are their initial opinions of each other? How does the Marquise's opinion of the Count change? What does the Count do to the Marquise that leads her to view him as a villainous character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of good versus evil in the short story collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What characters struggle with the invisible line between good and evil? Why do they struggle with this, and how do they overcome this struggle?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the examples of out-of-wedlock pregnancies found in the short stories "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile". How do these pregnancies affect the protagonists of the stories? How does society react to these pregnancies?

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