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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What solution does Bette offer first when Hortense explains her financial predicament?
(a) She advises Hortense to sell her diamonds.
(b) She tells Hortense to pawn all of her valuables.
(c) She suggests they help her arrange a marriage to Marshal Hulot.
(d) She counsels Hortense to ask Adeline for money.
2. To whom does Adeline give the little money she has received from the Baron, thereby depriving herself even of food?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Charity.
(c) Lisbeth.
(d) Victorin.
3. How does Lisbeth control Valerie's potential household expenses?
(a) She finds her a cook from Vosges and accompanies her to the market.
(b) She encourages Valerie to dine out instead of hosting dinners at home.
(c) She contributes the profits from her embroidery work to the household budget.
(d) She does the cooking and washing herself.
4. What does Monsieur Crevel give Valerie in exchange for her company?
(a) Six thousand francs per year.
(b) Three thousand francs per year.
(c) A new carriage.
(d) A pearl necklace.
5. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
(a) She becomes sad, shouts and begins to cry.
(b) She starts breaking things in the room and has to be restrained.
(c) She faints and has nervous convulsions.
(d) She laughs it off.
6. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Six.
7. What does Hortense tell Wenceslas she would have done in retribution if she had discovered that he was having an affair after their first quarrel?
(a) Killed herself.
(b) Killed him.
(c) Taken Crevel as a lover.
(d) Taken Stidman as a lover.
8. What does Victorin contribute to help his father get out of debt?
(a) He sells his furniture.
(b) He asks Valerie Marneffe for a loan.
(c) He mortgages his house.
(d) He hands over his retirement funds.
9. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A confession.
(c) The testimony of a witness.
(d) A letter from Valerie.
10. What does Stidman tell Wenceslas to get him to leave his second meeting with Valerie and return home?
(a) His son is ill.
(b) His wife is dying.
(c) His wife is in trouble.
(d) His son is dying.
11. What is Vauvinet's profession?
(a) Moneylender.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Artist.
(d) Government Official.
12. What piece of art created by Wenceslas is generating extreme criticism from his fellow artists, including Stidman?
(a) A sculpture of Samson and Delilah.
(b) A silver group depicting deer.
(c) A statue of Marshal Montcornet.
(d) A statue of Marshal Hulot.
13. Lisbeth offers to arrange a loan on good terms for Hortense and Wenceslas from whom?
(a) The Duc d´Hérouville.
(b) Valerie Marneffe.
(c) Marshal Hulot.
(d) Celestin Crevel.
14. At what time does Wenceslas arrive home after dining with Valerie Marneffe?
(a) Three o'clock in the morning.
(b) Midnight.
(c) One o'clock in the morning.
(d) Eleven o'clock in the evening.
15. What does Monsieur Marneffe do when Hector tries to enter his house after receiving Valerie's letter?
(a) He beats Hector up.
(b) He threatens Hector with a pistol.
(c) He threatens Valerie with a pistol.
(d) He calls the police.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Valerie want Baron Hulot to bring Wenceslas to dine with them?
2. What circumstances led to Stidman's introduction to Valerie in the Rue Vaneau?
3. What does Hortense hide from Wenceslas?
4. How much does Crevel agree to pay for a copy of the silver group ordered by Valerie?
5. Where is Monsieur le Baron Henri Montes de Montejanos from?
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