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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. Who is the woman in Paris that Isabelle has delivered a message to in Chapter 16?

2. Who is the man that has caught Isabelle demarking propaganda in Chapter 10?

3. What information does Vianne relate to Isabelle regarding Marc in Chapter 11?

4. What is the name of the town where Vianne lives with her husband and daughter in Chapter 2?

5. What are under the desks in Vianne's classroom in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Isabelle and Vianne contrasted in Chapters 5 and 6 of the novel?

2. What lies does Isabelle relate in Chapter 15? Why?

3. What is foreshadowed by Vianne's conversation with Mother Superior in Chapter 12?

4. Why is Isabelle unable to return to Paris after Beck's arrival? How are the changes in Carriveau described in this section of the novel?

5. Whom does Isabelle idolize? What does this character represent to Isabelle?

6. What leads to Vianne's questioning the Germans in Chapter 17? What are the repercussions of this action?

7. What does the church represent symbolically in Chapter 6?

8. How does Isabelle's involvement in the resistance develop in Chapter 17?

9. How is the title of The Nightingale addressed by Gaetan in Chapter 6?

10. How would you compare the characters of Vianne and Isabelle in The Nightingale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What actions does Vianne take to help Jews in France during the war? What causes her to commit these actions? How do Vianne's actions endanger herself and her family? Do you think that Vianne's actions are brave? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Vianne's pregnancy in the novel. With whose child is Vianne pregnant? Why does she choose not to reveal the child's father? How is this character described in the contemporary timeline?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of war and identity in the novel. How are these themes developed through character, symbolism, and imagery? How does the war change the way the characters perceive themselves?

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