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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the quartermaster arrives to speak privately with Hector, what does he expect the man has brought for him?
(a) News from the Prince of Wissembourg.
(b) A letter from Johann Fischer.
(c) A new uniform.
(d) Money from Algeria.

2. Where does Valerie arrange to meet Montejanos clandestinely after her guests have retired?
(a) Valerie's chambers.
(b) Bette's flat.
(c) Montejanos' carriage.
(d) Montejanos' hotel.

3. What does Crevel give to Valerie in exchange for her promise of being his exclusively?
(a) A house.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A statue.
(d) A dressing gown.

4. Who intercepts the letter that Valerie writes to Wenceslas?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Lisbeth.
(c) Stidman.
(d) Adeline.

5. How do Crevel and Hulot feel about Montejanos' arrival?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

6. What does Monsieur Crevel give Valerie in exchange for her company?
(a) Six thousand francs per year.
(b) A new carriage.
(c) Three thousand francs per year.
(d) A pearl necklace.

7. How long after moving to the Rue Vaneau does Valerie wait before receiving Monsieur Crevel?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three days.

8. What news does Valerie reveal to Wenceslas in the first letter she writes to him?
(a) She is moving into a new house.
(b) She is canceling her order.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is hosting a party.

9. What solution does Bette offer first when Hortense explains her financial predicament?
(a) She counsels Hortense to ask Adeline for money.
(b) She suggests they help her arrange a marriage to Marshal Hulot.
(c) She tells Hortense to pawn all of her valuables.
(d) She advises Hortense to sell her diamonds.

10. Why does Valerie want Baron Hulot to bring Wenceslas to dine with them?
(a) She wants to humiliate him.
(b) She admires his talent.
(c) She is awed by his fame.
(d) She wants to seduce him.

11. Besides leading Wenceslas astray, for what other family disgrace is Baron Hulot responsible?
(a) Victorin's financial difficulties.
(b) Lisbeth's personal difficulties.
(c) Victorin's professional difficulties.
(d) Victorin's professional difficulties.

12. Where is Monsieur le Baron Henri Montes de Montejanos from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Córdoba.
(c) Seville.
(d) Venezuela.

13. At what time does Wenceslas arrive home after dining with Valerie Marneffe?
(a) Eleven o'clock in the evening.
(b) Midnight.
(c) One o'clock in the morning.
(d) Three o'clock in the morning.

14. When Crevel goes to Valerie's flat the morning after his revelation to Hulot, whom does he find at the breakfast table with her?
(a) Lisbeth and Hulot.
(b) Hulot and Steinbock.
(c) Montejanos and Lisbeth.
(d) Montejanos and Steinbock.

15. What is happening when the arrival of the Baron Montes de Montejanos is announced?
(a) Valerie and Crevel are having an argument in her room.
(b) Guests are playing games in Valerie Marneffe's drawing-room.
(c) Valerie and Baron Hulot are sitting down to dinner.
(d) Valerie and Lisbeth are scheming to have the Marshal propose marriage to Bette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive?

2. How does Adeline attempt to console Hortense after her first quarrel with Wenceslas?

3. Whom does Lisbeth dream of marrying?

4. 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?

5. What book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?

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