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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Christine afraid when she wakes to find Claude not in the bed with her?
(a) she thinks he might be suicidal.
(b) she thinks he is working too hard.
(c) she thinks he is destroying his paintings.
(d) she thinks he might be leaving her.

2. What is "varnishing day"?
(a) the day they frame the paintings.
(b) the day before the Salon opens.
(c) the day they redecorate the Salon.
(d) the day they allow art critics to view the paintings.

3. Why is Sandoz being successful as a novelist?
(a) he has started turning out traditional prose.
(b) he is no longer controversial.
(c) he uses Claude's art on the cover of his books.
(d) he refuses to change his ideas about modern writing.

4. After the party at Sandoz's house, what does Christine do when Claude orders her to return home?
(a) she follows Claude to just outside the Beaux-Arts.
(b) she follows Claude to the top of a tall building.
(c) she follows Claude to where he stands on a bridge.
(d) she follows Claude to Irma's house.

5. How does Irma Bécot get her revenge on Claude?
(a) by spreading gossip about him.
(b) by buying his painting and burning it.
(c) by seducing him in her new mansion.
(d) by seducing Christine.

6. Whose painting called The Lunch Party is a slick, commercial imitation of Claude's open air style?
(a) Fagerolles.
(b) Bongrand.
(c) Chaîne
(d) Dubuche.

7. When Christine awakes to find Claude gone, where does she find him?
(a) sitting by the fire drinking wine.
(b) hanging from the ladder in front of his painting.
(c) lying in Jacques's small bed.
(d) dressing to go out into the cold.

8. Why has Dubuche been exiled to his father-in-law's home in the country?
(a) one of his designs became a laughing stock in Paris.
(b) he was never successful and now cares for his wife and sickly children.
(c) it became clear that he really has no talent for architecture.
(d) the pressure of building houses caused him to have a breakdown.

9. How does Ganière drift away from the group of former art revolutionaries?
(a) by practicing the piano many hours a day.
(b) by returning to the classics.
(c) by spending all his time at concerts.
(d) by marrying his old maid music teacher.

10. What breaks the solemn reverie of Sandoz and Bongrand at the cemetery?
(a) a parade passing by.
(b) the lamenting of a funeral nearby.
(c) the sound of a passing train.
(d) a sudden rainstorm.

11. Who takes charge of the funeral and getting Christine to the hospital?
(a) Sandoz.
(b) Ganière.
(c) Bongrand.
(d) Fagerolles.

12. Who generally shows up on varnishing day?
(a) the artists whose works are included.
(b) the elite of Paris society.
(c) the riff-raff of Paris.
(d) only the Paris art critics.

13. What is the wedding ceremony for Claude and Christine like?
(a) quick and exciting.
(b) rushed and without emotion.
(c) plain but meaningful.
(d) elaborate and joyful.

14. How does Claude afford a larger studio to work on his masterpiece?
(a) by selliing small nude paintings of Christine.
(b) by copying masterpieces of other artists.
(c) by drawing from the capital of his inheritance.
(d) by painting murals for rich clients.

15. Which friends of Claude's show up at the funeral?
(a) all his old friends.
(b) fifty relatives from Plassans.
(c) no one.
(d) only Sandoz and Bongrand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Sandoz and Claude depressed after visiting Dubuche in the country?

2. What does Sandoz think might be better for true artists?

3. What is Mahoudeau's comment after the sculpture falls apart?

4. Why does Claude think his painting of the dead Jacques may be accepted by the Salon committee?

5. What painting is almost rejected before it is discovered to be one by a famous artist?

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