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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. How does Wenceslas discover the identity of the person who arranges for his release from prison?
(a) A personal visit.
(b) A court document.
(c) Word of mouth.
(d) A letter.

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

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

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

5. What is the profession of the Baroness' son?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Milliner.
(c) Pharmacist.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Lisbeth know the Marneffes?

4. What reason does Lisbeth give Wenceslas to convince him not to write to anyone from jail about his predicament?

5. What does the narrator consider to be "the most reliable thermometer of wealth in Parisian households"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arranges for Wenceslas to be released from prison? How does Wenceslas find out this information?

2. What does Lisbeth advise Wenceslas to do after the visit from Monsieur Grasset and what reason does she give for this? What does she promise to do?

3. How do Monsieur Crevel and Monsieur Hulot know one another? How are they related? What occasioned their falling out?

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

5. After Wenceslas sells his bronze group, who comes to visit Lisbeth at her flat? What is the purpose of this visit?

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

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

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

9. Whom does Hortense decide to marry? What is the relationship between Hortense's intended and Lisbeth? Why does Baron Hulot tell her that Cousin Bette will not be an obstacle to Hortense's intended marriage?

10. Describe Lisbeth. How old is she? How does she dress? How does this affect her social standing in comparison to her cousin, the Baroness?

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