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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 was the capital of this country at this time?

2. How does the father of another baby describe the earthquake?

3. Due to the destruction, what was Josefa sure of?

4. Where do they plan on going after the tremors stop?

5. Who lives at the place where Jerónimo and Josefa plan to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jerónimo find by a stream?

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

5. Who approaches Josefa for help?

6. How does Don Fernando try to help Jerónimo and Josefa?

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

8. What happens to Don Fernando's baby?

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

10. After the earthquake, where does Jerónimo go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the elements of mystery which von Kleist employs throughout the short story "The Marquise of O". What techniques does von Kleist use to create a sense of mystery and intrigue? What plot points are surrounded with mystery? Does the reader learn the truth in the end?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the examples of out-of-wedlock pregnancies found in the short stories "The Marquise of O" and "The Earthquake in Chile". How do these pregnancies affect the protagonists of the stories? How does society react to these pregnancies?

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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