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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 Ben's visitor as Mimi observes from hiding?

2. What scent does the concierge associate with her home village?

3. Which of Nick and Ben's friends had a drug incident in Berlin?

4. By which of the following do Jess and Mendelson pass together?

5. As which of the following does Nick describe Ben?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nick note he refuses to engage a prostitute in Amsterdam?

2. For what cause does Sophie note she is willing to "forgive anything" (215)?

3. In brief, what does Irina say of Petite Mort's business?

4. Why does the concierge attempt to help Jess?

5. What is described as Jacques's favorite meal (183)?

6. Why does the concierge have an expansive set of keys to the building?

7. Why does Jess note to Nick she is hesitant to talk to the police?

8. What reason does Irina have for having come to France?

9. How does Jacques disparage the university Nick and Ben attended?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What narrative function is served by the Prologue? How is it served?

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist of the novel is clear. Who is the second most important character in the novel? How does the novel support that relative importance?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of The Paris Apartment on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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