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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has the herbalist's shop seen better days?
(a) the owner is trying to sell the shop.
(b) the owner is dying of consumption.
(c) the owner has lost interest in the shop.
(d) the owner ran away from the shop.

2. Who does Claude see who pretends he has not seen Claude's painting?
(a) Irma.
(b) Mahoudeau.
(c) Dubuche.
(d) Fagerolles.

3. Which of Claude's friends do he and Christine see in the street?
(a) Mahoudeau and Mathilde.
(b) Sandoz and Dubuche.
(c) Chaîne and Pierre.
(d) Irma and Jory.

4. What is Chaîne working on while the others visit in Mahoudeau's studio?
(a) a portrait of Mathilde.
(b) cooking a pot of beans.
(c) a picture of the old stove in the studio.
(d) a wood carving of a squirrel.

5. What does the lusty Jory like about Mahoudeau's sculpture of the Grape Picker?
(a) the life-like look of her face.
(b) the amount of clay used in the mold.
(c) her ample bosom and thick thighs.
(d) her feet and hands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Claude go for a cheap lunch?

3. Why does Irma become angry with Claude during a visit to his studio?

4. What problem do Sandoz and Dubuche have with Claude's Open Air painting?

5. What are the paintings that repulse Christine in Claude's studio?

(see the answer key)

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