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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 many suitors has Lisbeth rejected?
(a) Five.
(b) Zero.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. According to the narrator, what is the fundamental feature of Lisbeth's character?
(a) Greed.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Kindness.

3. Why has the Baroness' brother-in-law never married?
(a) He has been serving his country.
(b) He has been looking for a second Adeline.
(c) He has been busy amassing his fortune.
(d) He has been horribly disfigured in the war.

4. What year does the novel take place?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1838.
(d) 1538.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lisbeth surmise as the cause of her admirer's failed suicide attempt?

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

3. What commission does the Baron get for Lisbeth's admirer?

4. What award does Monseiur Crevel wear on his National Guard uniform?

5. What nickname does the Baron give to Lisbeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

10. Why does the Baroness summon Monsieur Crevel? Which of Monsieur Crevel's actions have affected the Baroness? Why has he acted this way?

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