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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. The author dedicates the novel to a scholar who studies which writer?
(a) Boccaccio.
(b) Dante.
(c) Cervantes.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What had been Monsieur Crevel's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Pharmacist.
(d) Perfumer.

3. Who informs Lisbeth that Wenceslas is to marry Hortense?
(a) Hortense.
(b) Wenceslas.
(c) The Baroness.
(d) Madame Marneffe.

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

5. Which country does Monsieur Crevel dream of visiting?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year does the novel take place?

3. To whom is Lisbeth apprenticed by the Baron?

4. Who is Madame Marneffe's father?

5. Why is cousin Bette not accepted in society?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What proof does Lisbeth provide of the existence of her admirer? What does she receive from Hortense in exchange for this information?

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. 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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