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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. How does the novel gloss "laissez-moi entrer"?

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

3. How old is Antoine in the novel?

4. How does the novel gloss "qu'est-ce qui se passe"?

5. From which of the following kinds of establishment does Mimi observe Ben?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Mimi's paintings of Ben disfigured?

3. What does Mimi find among the contents of Ben's notebook?

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

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

6. What distinguishing mark confirms for Jess that she recognizes a dancer at Petite Mort?

7. How much French does Jess report being able to speak (121)?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

What function is served by the sections of the text (Prologue and Friday; Saturday; Sunday; Monday; and A Week Later, Epilogue, and Back Matter) starting with the character perspectives they do? How is that function served?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that The Paris Apartment should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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