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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. In what year does Chapter 13 begin?

2. How does Anouk deliver a message to Isabelle in Chapter 17?

3. What name is on the passport that the elderly woman finds in the attic in Chapter 1?

4. Where is Isabelle asked to deliver a message to by the resistance in Chapter 13?

5. What does Gaetan's note for Isabelle say in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Isabelle's action with the chalk in Chapter 9?

2. How is the demoralization of war illustrated in Chapters 5 and 6?

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

4. How does the author illustrate the contrasts between Vianne and Isabelle in Chapter 11?

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

6. 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?

7. What is revealed through Isabelle's encounter with the man by the propaganda posters in Chapter 12?

8. Why does Vianne not write to Antoine in Chapter 20?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism relating to the apple tree at Le Jardin. Why does Vianne tie pieces of cloth to the apple tree? What do these pieces of cloth symbolize? What becomes of the apple tree?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings of Le Jardin and Carriveau in The Nightingale. How do these settings change in the course of the story? What causes the changes to these settings?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of gender and womanhood in The Nightingale. In what ways are the roles of women challenged in the course of the story? How does Isabelle perceive the role of women? How does Vianne?

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