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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 brand of notebook does Ben use?

2. Which of the following kinds of rug does Sophie have in her apartment?

3. In which bar does Mimi purpose to meet Ben?

4. What brand of soap does Jess find in Sophie's bathroom?

5. Which of the following antique weapons does Jacque collect?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie know Ben has not gone where he said he would go when he excuses himself from the reception she hosts?

2. What does Nick overhear his father discussing with Ben in the basement over wine (221)?

3. What advice does Mendelson give to Jess as they hasten towards the Petite Mort?

4. To what does Ben call attention that gives Sophie concern about the concealment of her origins?

5. To where does Camille the apartment she shares with Mimi, and why?

6. As the meeting among Sophie, Nick, Antoine, and Mimi begins, Nick notices something off about Sophie; what is it?

7. What do Jess and Mendelson pass as Irina leads them away from Petite Mort (285)?

8. In his altercation with Antoine, how does Nick try to comfort himself?

9. Why, per Sophie, does Jacques seek a second wife where he does?

10. How does Mimi conceal herself from Ben and his visitor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What overall attitude towards law enforcement does the novel display? What in the text demonstrates that attitude, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The crime on which the Meunier family fortune is based is of a particular sort. How would the novel differ were the crime of a different sort altogether? Why would it differ in that way?

Essay Topic 3

For any character, explicate the significance of the character’s name.

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