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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 is Jerónimo's last name?

2. Where is Don Fernando's wife injured?

3. What does Jerónimo ask the crowds of people escaping the city?

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

5. Why do they want to go to this place after securing a loan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who approaches Josefa for help?

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

3. Why is Jerónimo in jail?

4. What does the priest preach about at the service?

5. What is Jerónimo's and Josefa's plan for the future?

6. What happens to Don Fernando's baby?

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

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

9. What did Josefa do after seeing the collapsed jail?

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 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 motif of betrayal. How does Nicolo betray Piachi? How does Piachi react to this betrayal? What examples of betrayal are found in the short story "The Marquise of O"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character Nicolo from the short story "The Foundling". What are his defining character traits and what is his background? What actions does he take that greatly affect the narrative? What is his relationship like with Piachi? How do his actions result in his downfall?

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