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

2. What gift does the Emperor bestow on the Baroness when she is a young woman?
(a) A medal of honor.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A cashmere shawl.
(d) A pearl necklace.

3. What reason does Lisbeth give Hortense and the Baroness for Wenceslas' decision to go to Russia?
(a) He has fled from his debts in France.
(b) He has been offered a commission by the Czar.
(c) He has political motivations for going there.
(d) He has received a letter from his wife summoning him.

4. What is the difference in age between Monsieur Crevel and Monsieur Hulot?
(a) Hulot is ten years younger.
(b) Crevel is seven years younger.
(c) Crevel is ten years younger.
(d) Hulot is seven years younger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who considers herself to be the family confessional?

2. The author dedicates the novel to a scholar who studies which writer?

3. Who buys the group from Wenceslas?

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

5. Who does Wenceslas tell Lisbeth has purchased his group?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the first character introduced in the novel? What information is surmised about his age? How is this information revealed?

3. Who is Valerie Marneffe's father? Why does she inherit nothing upon his death?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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