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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. Of what does Nick note Antoine's apartment smells?

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

3. How does Sophie order her steak?

4. Which of the following is noted as the red-light district of Amsterdam?

5. What brand of dress does Mendelson give Jess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What reason does the concierge give for continuing to work for the Meunier family?

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

10. Why does the concierge attempt to help Jess?

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

How reliable are the narrators of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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

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