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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides leading Wenceslas astray, for what other family disgrace is Baron Hulot responsible?
(a) Victorin's financial difficulties.
(b) Victorin's professional difficulties.
(c) Victorin's professional difficulties.
(d) Lisbeth's personal difficulties.

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

3. What is the significance of the name Mirah?
(a) It is the name of a German town.
(b) It is the German word for light.
(c) It is an anagram of Hiram, thereby denoting Jewish heritage.
(d) It is the name of a town in Israel.

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

5. How long had Lisbeth's beau been working on the figurine she shows to Hortense?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Twelve months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Valerie mention having seen Wenceslas in person before their first formal meeting in her house?

2. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?

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

4. What job does the Baroness' son aspire to?

5. What had been Monsieur Crevel's profession?

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