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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 "vous devez arrêter"?

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

3. What does Jess note would be her likely holiday costume?

4. As which of the following is Ben described?

5. How does the novel gloss "amour fou"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jess describe the way the concierge moves (242)?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Notably, two chapters of the Saturday section of the novel announce their day of occurrence, contrasting with only one in each of the other sections. What significance, if any, accrues to the paratextual detail? How does it present itself?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, what is the worst misdeed in the novel? Why is it the worst?

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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