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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Cousin Bette?
(a) Honoré de Balzac.
(b) Gustave Flaubert.
(c) Emile Zola.
(d) Jean-Luc Goddard.

2. What reason does Lisbeth give Hortense and the Baroness for Wenceslas' decision to go to Russia?
(a) He has political motivations for going there.
(b) He has received a letter from his wife summoning him.
(c) He has been offered a commission by the Czar.
(d) He has fled from his debts in France.

3. What book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Imitation of Christ.
(c) The Holy Bible.
(d) The Sorrows of Young Werther.

4. Early in their relationship, who refuses to accompany the Baron to Valerie's house despite her entreaties?
(a) Monsieur Stidman.
(b) Madame Crevel.
(c) Monsieur Coquet.
(d) Wenceslas Steinbock.

5. To whom is Lisbeth apprenticed by the Baron?
(a) The dressmakers to the high society.
(b) The typesetters of the daily news.
(c) The embroiderers to the Imperial court.
(d) The glassblowers of the local village.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Monsieur Hulot and Monsieur Crevel become acquainted?

2. Where does Valerie arrange to meet Montejanos clandestinely after her guests have retired?

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

4. What does the narrator consider to be "the most reliable thermometer of wealth in Parisian households"?

5. Which biblical figures does Valerie ask Wenceslas to sculpt for her?

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