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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 does Hortense decide to do after she receives proof of Wenceslas' infidelity?
(a) Take Stidman as a lover.
(b) Pack her things and move in with her mother.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Kill Wenceslas.

2. With what major event do the beginnings of Monsieur Hulot's infidelities coincide?
(a) The end of the empire.
(b) The Glorious Revolution.
(c) The end of the monarchy.
(d) The French Revolution.

3. What name does Monsieur Crevel give to the modern parable of Monsieur Hulot and his family?
(a) The Prodigal Father.
(b) The Bad Samaritan.
(c) The Rich Fool.
(d) The Friend at Night.

4. How are the Baroness and Monsieur Crevel related?
(a) The Baroness is married to Monsieur Crevel's uncle.
(b) The Baroness' son is married to Monsieur Crevel's daughter.
(c) Monsieur Crevel's son is married to the Baroness' daughter.
(d) Monsieur Crevel is married to the Baroness' cousin.

5. What is the nationality of Lisbeth's romantic interest?
(a) Russian.
(b) Pole.
(c) Swiss.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wenceslas produce in the early part of his marriage in addition to and contrasting with the statue he has been hired to design by the Prince of Wissembourg?

2. What piece of evidence does Crevel provide the Baron with to prove his clandestine meetings with Valerie in his little house on the Rue du Dauphin?

3. What is the significance of the name Mirah?

4. Lisbeth offers to arrange a loan on good terms for Hortense and Wenceslas from whom?

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

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