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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. Which of the following artists' work is on display in Sophie's apartment?

2. To what train station does Mendelson summon Jess?

3. How does the novel gloss "maussade"?

4. From what part of London are Jess and Ben?

5. How does the novel gloss "petite salope"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ben find in Jacques's study before Sophie confronts him?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the concierge attempt to help Jess?

8. What question does Jess inadvertently voice to Nick in the roof garden (146)?

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

10. What results in Mimi's removal from school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than mystery might The Paris Apartment belong? What in the novel indicates that it belongs in the genre? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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