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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. What did La Motte do to the Marquis soon after he arrived at the abbey?

2. Who tries to help Theodore by telling the Marquis his wounds are severe?

3. What does La Motte believe the Marquis wants to do to Adeline at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. What does Adeline hear on the first night on the ship?

5. Where does La Luc go to try and help Theodore's situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does D'Aunoy reveal with his testimony in Chapter 23?

2. What is the plan that the Marquis proposes to La Motte in Chapter 15?

3. What does Theodore tell the doctor in Chapter 13? How does the doctor try to help?

4. What does the valet give to the Marquis? How does the Marquis react to the item?

5. What does La Motte tell the Marquis after Adeline leaves in Chapter 15? What does the Marquis do to La Motte?

6. What is the Marquis' lone regret in Chapter 23?

7. What does Du Bosse explain in his testimony?

8. What happens when La Motte enters Adeline's room to murder her?

9. Why did the Marquis kill his brother? How did the Marquis figure out who Adeline really was?

10. Who makes a request to see Adeline in Chapter 19? What does he tell her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the trial. What happens at the trial? What information is revealed that Adeline and the reader were not aware of prior to the trial? How does this information affect Adeline and the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ann Radcliffe, the author of the novel, "The Romance of the Forest." What others works did she write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Radcliffe's other work? How is she regarded in the literary world?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the end of the novel "The Romance of the Forest"? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters?

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