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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. Why is Madame Marneffe denied an inheritance?
(a) She is an illegitimate child.
(b) Her family disowned her.
(c) She is a gambler.
(d) She is an orphan.

2. To whom is Lisbeth apprenticed by the Baron?
(a) The typesetters of the daily news.
(b) The embroiderers to the Imperial court.
(c) The glassblowers of the local village.
(d) The dressmakers to the high society.

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

4. Where does the Baroness come from?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Paris.
(d) Normandy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much older is the Baroness than her cousin Bette?

3. Why has the Baroness' brother-in-law never married?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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