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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 does the crowd do to Jerónimo and Josefa in the end?

2. What is Jerónimo's last name?

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

4. Where is Don Fernando's wife injured?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

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

4. After the earthquake, where does Jerónimo go?

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

6. What happened at the convent?

7. Why is Jerónimo in jail?

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

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

10. Who approaches Josefa for help?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of symbolism in the short story collection "The Marquise of O, and Other Stories." What are some examples of symbolism? What are the meanings behind said symbolism?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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