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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of all the store rumors?
(a) Madame Desforges insanity.
(b) Pauline's pregnancy.
(c) Denise's lovers.
(d) Mouret's illness.

2. Which of the following is NOT a salesgirl in the ladies department?
(a) Clara.
(b) Denise.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Jeanne.

3. Mouret tells ____________ that the board has decided to fire him/her.
(a) Madame Desforges.
(b) Baron Hartman.
(c) Denise.
(d) Bouthemont.

4. The silk department employees wish that ____________ would not come back from holiday.
(a) Robineau.
(b) Ballou.
(c) Bourdoncle.
(d) Rosseau.

5. For what event is Au Bonheur des Dames prepared at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Easter sale.
(b) Winter sale.
(c) Christmas sale.
(d) Bastille Day sale.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Baudu sell his country house?

2. To what is Denise's life as a shop girl compared?

3. What is the new department in which Denise becomes a buyer?

4. Who is the buyer in the ladies' wear department?

5. Which of the following is NOT how Bouthemont describes shop girls?

(see the answer key)

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