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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Madame Aurelie reprimand Denise?
(a) For being gone so much lately.
(b) For wearing inappropriate clothes.
(c) For leaving early.
(d) For not wearing makeup.

2. Why is Denise so endearing to Mouret?
(a) She is his niece.
(b) She admired his silk display.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is smart.

3. Which of the following does Madame Baudu NOT attribute to Genevieve's declining health?
(a) She is depressed about the delay in her marriage to Colomban.
(b) Spending so much time in a dark shop is not healthy.
(c) She stays out late drinking with friends.
(d) She has inherited Madame Baudu's physical weakness.

4. What decision has Mouret made at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Extend store hours.
(b) Rearrange the departments.
(c) Give everyone a raise.
(d) Sell the store.

5. What is the imagery of the big department store in Chapter 6?
(a) Weather.
(b) Festivities.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Floods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Denise be nothing more than a mistress to Mouret?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Au Bonheur des Dames?

3. Which of the following does Bourras NOT bring Denise when Pepe gets sick?

4. From whom does Denise rent a room?

5. Why is Colomban and Genevieve's marriage postponed again?

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