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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. In what year does the earthquake in the story take place?

2. What is Josefa doing when Jerónimo finds her?

3. Where do they plan to go after securing a loan?

4. What happens after Josefa helps the father?

5. What had Josefa done after the earthquake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

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

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

4. Why is Jerónimo in jail?

5. What happened at the convent?

6. What does the priest make sure to point out during his sermon?

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

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

9. What happens to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

10. What is Don Fernando told on the way to the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the portrayal of men and women in the short story "The Marquise of O". How does von Kleist portray men? How does he portray women? Why might he have portrayed them in such a different light? What might he be trying to convey to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of religion in the short story "The Earthquake in Chile." What religious elements and ideas are explored in this story? How do the characters view religion and God? In what way is God and God's wrath involved in the downfall of the protagonists?

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