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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 does the Marquise's mother claim she will do if the Marquise's father does not forgive his daughter?

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

3. How does the family react when the Count arrives at their home?

4. How do the Count and the Marquise live until after the baby is born?

5. Why do the Marquise and her children move in with her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. During dinner with the Marquise and her family, what does the Count tell them about?

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

3. How is the Marquise described?

4. Why does the Marquise call for a doctor?

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

6. What does the Count tell the family, which surprises them?

7. What happens following the attack?

8. Why does the Count want to marry the Marquise, and how does she feel about the idea?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the motif of judgment in the short stories from "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What examples of judgment can be found in the story "The Marquise of O" and how do these examples affect the protagonist? What examples of judgment can be found in the story "The Earthquake in Chile"? How do these examples affect the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of social damnation in the short stories "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile." In what way and for what reasons are the protagonists in "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile" socially banished or damned? How does this social damnation affect the protagonists and the plot?

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