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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 5 - 148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does the novel take place?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1538.
(d) 1928.

2. How does Wenceslas discover the identity of the person who arranges for his release from prison?
(a) A personal visit.
(b) A court document.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) A letter.

3. Who buys the group from Wenceslas?
(a) Monsieur Marneffe.
(b) Monsieur Crevel.
(c) Stidman.
(d) The Baron.

4. Why does the Baron decide to give Lisbeth a trade?
(a) She cannot read nor write.
(b) She has an aptitude for work.
(c) She is poor and unprotected.
(d) She wants to meet a husband.

5. In his dedication, to what job does the author compare his work as a novelist?
(a) Theatre actor.
(b) Doctor of social medicine.
(c) Professor of philosophy.
(d) Supreme Court Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the Baroness' brother-in-law never married?

2. The author dedicates the novel to a scholar who studies which writer?

3. Who sees Monsieur Hulot in a front stall at the Varietes with Jenny Cadine?

4. What name does Monsieur Crevel give to the modern parable of Monsieur Hulot and his family?

5. What does Lisbeth surmise as the cause of her admirer's failed suicide attempt?

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