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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 149 - 286.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant change to his appearance does Valerie induce Baron Hulot to make?
(a) He stops wearing his military uniform.
(b) He shaves off his beard.
(c) He loses weight.
(d) He stops dying his hair.

2. What is Jenny Cadine's profession?
(a) Opera singer.
(b) Actress.
(c) Schoolmistress.
(d) Seamstress.

3. To whom does Adeline give the little money she has received from the Baron, thereby depriving herself even of food?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Lisbeth.
(c) Victorin.
(d) Charity.

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

5. Who is the third man to whom Valerie Marneffe tells he is going to be the father of her child?
(a) Stidman.
(b) Montejanos.
(c) Vignon.
(d) Crevel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens just as Lisbeth is about to set up her own business?

2. How many suitors has Lisbeth rejected?

3. What reason does Lisbeth give Wenceslas to convince him not to write to anyone from jail about his predicament?

4. Where does Wenceslas tell Hortense he plans to go early the next morning following his dinner with Valerie?

5. Besides leading Wenceslas astray, for what other family disgrace is Baron Hulot responsible?

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