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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison?
(a) Stidman.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Lisbeth
(d) Crevel.

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

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

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

5. For how long does Monsieur Crevel estimate that the Baroness will remain beautiful?
(a) A lifetime.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Five years.

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

7. Who does Wenceslas tell Lisbeth has purchased his group?
(a) The Baron.
(b) The Comte of Montcornet.
(c) Monsieur Crevel.
(d) The Duc d'Herouville.

8. What nickname does the Baron give to Lisbeth?
(a) Nanny-goat.
(b) Bright-eyes.
(c) Pretty-Lizzie.
(d) Old-girl.

9. Who considers herself to be the family confessional?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Adeline.
(c) Jenny Cadine.
(d) Lisbeth.

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

11. How many suitors has Lisbeth rejected?
(a) Zero.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

12. The author dedicates the novel to a scholar who studies which writer?
(a) Cervantes.
(b) Dante.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Boccaccio.

13. Who informs Lisbeth that Wenceslas is to marry Hortense?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Wenceslas.
(c) Madame Marneffe.
(d) The Baroness.

14. Who is Jenny Cadine's protector?
(a) Monsieur Hulot.
(b) The Baroness.
(c) Monsieur Crevel.
(d) Cousin Bette.

15. Who sees Monsieur Hulot in a front stall at the Varietes with Jenny Cadine?
(a) Monsieur Hulot's son.
(b) Mademoiselle Hortense.
(c) The Baroness.
(d) Cousin Bette.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the fundamental feature of Lisbeth's character?

2. To what animal does Monsieur Crevel compare Mademoiselle Hortense in his conversation with the Baroness?

3. Why is cousin Bette not accepted in society?

4. Why does the Baron want Lisbeth to move to the Rue Vaneau?

5. How much older is the Baroness than her cousin Bette?

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