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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 reminds Jerónimo of Josefa after the earthquake?

2. What does a man announce in the church?

3. What is Josefa doing when Jerónimo finds her?

4. What does the crowd do to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

5. What had Josefa done after the earthquake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

2. What is Jerónimo planning to do in his jail cell?

3. What happens while Jerónimo is in his jail cell?

4. Where do Jerónimo and Josefa decide to go the morning after the earthquake?

5. What happens to Don Fernando's baby?

6. What effect does the favor that Josefa agrees to do for the man have?

7. What happened at the convent?

8. Who approaches Josefa for help?

9. What does a man announce during the service, and how does the crowd react to this?

10. What does Jerónimo ask people on the streets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of depravity in the short story collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What are some examples of depravity in the three short stories? What is the author trying to convey with these examples?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the social rules which the characters of "The Marquise of O" must follow. How do the social rules in place affect the characters and their lives? How does the setting of the story influence the rules they must follow? How does the class in which these characters are a part of influence the rules they must follow?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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