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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 do people believe of Josefa's fate?

2. What reminds Jerónimo of Josefa after the earthquake?

3. What did Jerónimo and Josefa do after Jerónimo lost his job?

4. What were priests running through the streets yelling?

5. What did Josefa pray for after the earthquake?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jerónimo ask people on the streets?

4. After the earthquake, where does Jerónimo go?

5. What do Don and his wife decide to do?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

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 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 3

Discuss the author of the short story collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories", Heinrich von Kleist. What were his major career accomplishments? What themes from these stories did he also explore in his other works? Is he respected in the literary world?

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