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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces Claude he still has a vestige of romanticism in his veins?
(a) his desire to see Christine again.
(b) his love of romantic literature.
(c) his interest in a quaint Paris street.
(d) his desire to paint for tourists.

2. Why is Claude told not to bring Christine to the Thursday night dinners?
(a) because she is too uncouth.
(b) because they are not married.
(c) because they quarrel too much.
(d) because she needs to be with Jacques.

3. Who is the friend now enrolled at the Beaux-Arts?
(a) Fagerolles.
(b) Christine.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Irma.

4. What causes Claude and Pierre to nudge each other in front of the Herbal Shop?
(a) the ugly sculpture of a starving child.
(b) their friend, Mahoudeau, coming out of the shop.
(c) the thin and dark woman staring at them from the shop.
(d) the smell coming from the shop.

5. How does Claude think Irma has changed?
(a) from a trollop into a lady.
(b) from a common guttersnipe into a "courtesan by Titian."
(c) from an innocent girl into a weathered hag.
(d) from a possible model into a fat disaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chaîne working on while the others visit in Mahoudeau's studio?

2. How does Claude often see himself artistically?

3. How does Irma Bécot get her revenge on Claude?

4. What does Sandoz usually have with him when he goes out?

5. Who is the former shepherd from near Plassans whose patron sent him to Paris?

(see the answer key)

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