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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom is Lisbeth on good terms in all of the houses she frequents?
(a) The young men.
(b) The servants.
(c) The pets.
(d) The children.

3. What word means animal of the rocks or chamois?
(a) Crevel.
(b) Steinbock.
(c) Hulot.
(d) Rocamadour.

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

5. What does Lisbeth bring home to her admirer from the dinner parties she attends?
(a) Fruit and sweets.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Leftovers.
(d) Silverware.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jenny Cadine's profession?

2. What had been Monsieur Crevel's profession?

3. What name does Monsieur Crevel give to the modern parable of Monsieur Hulot and his family?

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

5. What particular significance does the name d'Ervy have to the Baron?

Short Essay Questions

1. What solution does Monsieur Crevel propose to the Baroness for the problem of Hortense's dowry? What other options does he tell her she has available to her?

2. What information about Wenceslas' professional life does Valerie give to Lisbeth? What information about Wenceslas' personal life does she give Lisbeth? How does Lisbeth react to this news?

3. Whom does Wenceslas see when he returns home? Whom does he say has purchased his bronze group and offered him work?

4. With whom does Lisbeth discuss the Baron's fascination with Valerie Marneffe? According to Lisbeth, what has Baron Hulot done to win her favor?

5. What does Lisbeth tell Hortense and Adeline has happened to Wenceslas? How does Hortense react? How is Bette's lie discovered?

6. Where does the Baron go after he finds the opera to be closed? What does he learn when he arrives there?

7. Where does Monsieur Grasset take Wenceslas? Why does this happen to the young artist?

8. How does Lisbeth describe her relationship with Wenceslas to Valerie Marneffe? What proof of his connection to Hortense does Valerie show to Lisbeth?

9. What plan do Lisbeth and Hortense agree upon to help out Lisbeth's admirer? Who accompanies Hortense on this mission? Whom does her escort take notice of during this venture?

10. How does Lisbeth meet Wenceslas in the first place? What is the relationship between them after this first meeting?

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