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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 cities do Nick and Ben visit together?

2. What bag does Mendelson thrust at Jess?

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

4. Of which of the following does Mimi have a poster hanging?

5. What armchair designer is featured in Sophie's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What reason does Antoine give for blackmailing Sophie?

5. What message does Nick note having received from Jacques as his altercation with Antoine winds down (238)?

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

7. Why did Ben and Nick bribe a Hungarian guard?

8. What does Sophie note is her usual restaurant order?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Paris Apartment. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Much is made of the Parisian setting of the bulk of the novel. How might the novel have been different if set in another major world city, such as New York City, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai, or Rome? Why would it have been different in those ways?

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