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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 Count locate the Marquise?

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

3. What does the Marquise do after Count F saves her?

4. What country is Count F from?

5. What does the Count claim when he visits the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Marquise call for a doctor?

2. What does the Count share about his experiences since he saw the family last?

3. What happens following the attack?

4. What does the doctor tell the Marquise, and how does the Marquise react?

5. How does the story end?

6. What kind of life does the Marquise decide to lead after she leaves the family home?

7. How is the Marquise described?

8. What does the Marquise's mother do to prompt a reconciliation between the Marquise and her father?

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

10. What happens soon after the family hears of the Count's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the woman's place in the short story "The Marquise of O". Who are the female characters of the story? How is their behavior affected by the social rules of the time period in regards to women, both married and unmarried?

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 character Piachi from the short story "The Foundling." What are his defining character traits and what is his background? How does this character change or develop as the story progresses? What are the reasons for this change? What is his fate?

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