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1. In Patrick Suskind's novel "Perfume", Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was born in a market in 18th Century Paris and was instantly abandoned by his mother. What was her profession?
2. As a baby, Grenouille was taken by the Paris authorities to a church charity run by Father Terrier. At first, Father Terrier thought that Grenouille was a cute baby; what was one of the reasons that Terrier quickly rejected Grenouille and passed him on to a Paris orphanage?
3. As a young man, Grenouille obtained an apprenticeship with Giuseppe Baldini, a perfumer whose fortunes were in decline. To demonstrate his knowledge of scent, Grenouille re-created a perfume that was all the rage in high French society and produced by Baldini's rival. What was the name of the popular scent?
4. During his apprenticeship with Baldini, Grenouille learned how to distill, preserve and capture the essences of flowers, herbs and spices which were used in the making of perfume. Grenouille became angry and frustrated with Baldini and fell ill as a result. Why was Grenouille angered?
5. During Grenouille's apprenticeship as a perfumer, Baldini restored his business and fame as a great Parisien perfumer, exploiting Grenouille's abilities for his own profit. Baldini had a particular rival who had success with a popular perfume. Who was Baldini's rival and nemesis?
6. In Patrick Suskind's "Perfume", Jean-Baptiste Grenouille develops a system of capturing and preserving the scent and essences of young women. Unfortunately, Grenouille murders young women to achieve his goal. He is apprenticed in Paris, but leaves to develop his theory that human scent can be preserved. By the time Grenouille departs, how many young women has he murdered?
7. In addition to his incredible sense of smell, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille discovers he has another attribute that aids him in his pursuit of his innocent victims. What other attribute does Grenouille possess?
8. In Suskind's "Perfume", the murderer, Grenouille, journeys to Grasse in France and takes up a second apprenticeship for an attractive widow, Madame Arnulfi. Grenouille works under a journeyman, Druot, who is also Madame Arnulfi's lover. What fate becomes Druot?
9. Whilst working for Baldini, Grenouille learns that a "Great Perfume" contains a secret note, twelve of which make up a chord, and there is a myth that the perfect chord contains a thirteenth note. Each note is harvested from the essences of Grenouille's victims, but which beautiful woman did Grenouille pursue to obtain the thirteenthth note?
10. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, from Patrick Suskind's novel "Perfume", gathers the scents and essences by murdering young women whose scents form a chord comprising twelve notes and a thirteenthth secret note. Near the end of the novel, Grenouille releases a mere trace of his perfect perfume on a crowd in Grasse. What was the impact of Grenouille's "Perfect Perfume" on the people of Grasse?
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