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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. In "Chapter VII", what worries Laurent most about Thérèse's involvement in their affair?

2. In "Chapter VI", how does the narrator describe Laurent's portrait?

3. In "Chapter VII", what does Laurent do when Madame Raquin comes up to Thérèse's room when he is there?

4. Why does Laurent go to Paris alone after Camille's death?

5. In "Chapter XVI", what does Laurent plan to do after marrying Thérèse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thérèse feel she proves when Madame Raquin comes into her room in "Chapter VII"?

2. How did Madame Raquin react when Camille said he wanted to move to the city?

3. What happens when Laurent begins painting Camille's portrait?

4. What was Camille's childhood like?

5. What happens when Camille leaves to get champagne in "Chapter VI"?

6. What happens when Thérèse meets the student?

7. Why doesn't Laurent make his living as a painter?

8. How do Thérèse and Laurent feel about killing Camille in "Chapter IX"?

9. What does Laurent do after Camille's death?

10. What happens when Camille's body ends up in the morgue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the role between love and marriage in the society of "Thérèse Raquin".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use of funeral/death/tomb imagery in this novel. What function does it serve?

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