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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the amount of Mademoiselle Hortense's dowry expected to be?
(a) Two hundred thousand livres.
(b) Forty thousand francs.
(c) Five thousand pounds.
(d) Thirty thousand pesetas.

5. Why has the Baroness' brother-in-law never married?
(a) He has been serving his country.
(b) He has been horribly disfigured in the war.
(c) He has been busy amassing his fortune.
(d) He has been looking for a second Adeline.

6. What does Monsieur Crevel suggest that Madame Hulot do to obtain a dowry for her daughter?
(a) Ask her son for a loan.
(b) Become his mistress.
(c) Become a seamstress.
(d) Ask her cousin for a loan.

7. Why does the Baron want Lisbeth to move to the Rue Vaneau?
(a) To spy on Madame Marneffe.
(b) To be closer to the family.
(c) To distance her from Hortense.
(d) To live in a more fashionable area.

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

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

10. How long has Monsieur Crevel been a widower?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Fifteen years.

11. What happens just as Lisbeth is about to set up her own business?
(a) She becomes gravely ill.
(b) She accepts a marriage proposal.
(c) She goes bankrupt.
(d) The empire collapses.

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

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

14. To what animal does Monsieur Crevel compare Mademoiselle Hortense in his conversation with the Baroness?
(a) A thoroughbred horse.
(b) A fox.
(c) A pig.
(d) A nightingale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many suitors has Lisbeth rejected?

2. Who is Madame Marneffe's father?

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

4. Why is Madame Marneffe denied an inheritance?

5. In his dedication, to what job does the author compare his work as a novelist?

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