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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 287 to 437.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baron Hulot agree to provide for Valerie Marneffe's second child?
(a) A job in government service when he reaches adulthood.
(b) The Hulot family name.
(c) A place to live.
(d) Twelve hundred francs per year.

2. On what condition does Crevel agree to pay for a copy of the biblically-themed figure that Wenceslas is sculpting for Valerie Marneffe?
(a) That it be completed before Christmas.
(b) That Valerie serve as model.
(c) That it be signed by the sculptor.
(d) That it be the only copy in existence.

3. After Wenceslas and Hortense quarrel about Valerie Marneffe, where does Lisbeth go to live?
(a) In the Rue Vaneau.
(b) With Victorin.
(c) With Adeline.
(d) With Marshal Hulot.

4. What does the narrator consider to be "the most reliable thermometer of wealth in Parisian households"?
(a) The table.
(b) The neighborhood.
(c) The mode of transportation.
(d) The closet.

5. What does Lisbeth surmise as the cause of her admirer's failed suicide attempt?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wenceslas discover the identity of the person who arranges for his release from prison?

2. Who makes an unexpected visit to Victorin and Celestine?

3. What object from Valerie does Lisbeth give to the Baron after he is turned away at her door by Monsieur Marneffe?

4. Which country does Monsieur Crevel dream of visiting?

5. Whom does Adeline turn to for help in saving her uncle, Johann Fischer?

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