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

2. How long has Monsieur Crevel been a widower?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

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

4. Who sees Monsieur Hulot in a front stall at the Varietes with Jenny Cadine?
(a) The Baroness.
(b) Cousin Bette.
(c) Mademoiselle Hortense.
(d) Monsieur Hulot's son.

5. Why does the Baron want Lisbeth to move to the Rue Vaneau?
(a) To be closer to the family.
(b) To live in a more fashionable area.
(c) To spy on Madame Marneffe.
(d) To distance her from Hortense.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the fundamental feature of Lisbeth's character?

2. Who considers herself to be the family confessional?

3. What is the amount of Mademoiselle Hortense's dowry expected to be?

4. Who steals Lisbeth's admirer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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