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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business does Jacques Arnoux take up after leaving the art business?
(a) Banking.
(b) Publishing.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Ceramics.

2. Why does Regimbart like to visit cafés and billiard saloons?
(a) To drink.
(b) To gamble.
(c) To make business connections.
(d) To talk about politics.

3. What news does Frederic receive that leads him to return to Paris?
(a) There is a job opening for him at L'Art Industriel.
(b) He has inherited his uncle's estate.
(c) Deslauriers has fallen ill.
(d) Jacques Arnoux and Marie have divorced.

4. Why does Frederic decide not to make a place for Deslauriers in his new townhouse?
(a) He thinks it will be embarrassing if he ever has a mistress visit him.
(b) Deslauriers is living with his girlfriend.
(c) He thinks Deslauriers' manners and politics will offend his other visitors.
(d) Deslauriers is still living happily with Sénécal.

5. What item is lost during his arrest that Dussardier asks for multiple times?
(a) His lunchbox.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His box.
(d) His backpack.

6. How much money do Hussonet and Deslauriers convince Frederic to invest in their political newspaper?
(a) 10,000 francs.
(b) 100,000 francs.
(c) 15,000 francs.
(d) 50,000 francs

7. How does Dambreuse indicate to Frederic that their meeting has ended?
(a) He asks him to leave.
(b) He closes the door.
(c) He bows.
(d) He shakes his hand.

8. Whom does Frederic see accompanying Jacques Arnoux at the Alhambra?
(a) Dambreuse.
(b) Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(c) Monsieur Roque.
(d) Marie Arnoux.

9. What title did Dambreuse have that he dropped?
(a) Professor.
(b) Comte.
(c) Esquire.
(d) Doctor.

10. Which character does Frederic commission Pellerin to paint a life-size portrait of?
(a) Marie Arnoux.
(b) Rosanette.
(c) Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(d) Louise Roque.

11. What does Frederic consider doing after leaving the Alhambra?
(a) Quitting law school.
(b) Jumping off a bridge.
(c) Moving back to Nogent.
(d) Running away with Marie Arnoux.

12. What is Hussonet's job?
(a) He is an actor in vaudeville.
(b) He owns an art gallery.
(c) He is a painter.
(d) He works for fashion papers and writes advertisements for L'Art Industriel.

13. What is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's ambition?
(a) To become a teacher.
(b) To own an art gallery.
(c) To paint Marie Arnoux's portrait.
(d) To be published in a magazine.

14. What is the name of the beautiful woman's daughter?
(a) Mademoiselle Marthe.
(b) Mademoiselle Marie.
(c) Mademoiselle Mirabella.
(d) Mademoiselle Margueritte.

15. What is the name of the ship on which Frederic travels?
(a) Ville de Montereau.
(b) Île-Saint-Louis.
(c) Nogent-sur-Seine.
(d) Le Havre.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frederic ask Hussonet to take him?

2. Why has Hussonet begun to dislike actors?

3. Upon seeing Jacques Arnoux at the theatre accompanied by two other ladies, what does Frederic speculate could have happened to Marie Arnoux?

4. What does Frederic do with the extra allowance his mother sends him for tutoring?

5. Who is the owner of L'Art?

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