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

2. Why does the Baron decide to give Lisbeth a trade?
(a) She is poor and unprotected.
(b) She has an aptitude for work.
(c) She wants to meet a husband.
(d) She cannot read nor write.

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

4. What reason does Lisbeth give Wenceslas to convince him not to write to anyone from jail about his predicament?
(a) To not anger her moneylender.
(b) To not worry his friends.
(c) To not make the authorities suspicious.
(d) To protect his reputation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Monsieur Hulot and Monsieur Crevel become acquainted?

2. What is the profession of the Baroness' son?

3. Who is Jenny Cadine's protector?

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

5. What is the difference in age between Monsieur Crevel and Monsieur Hulot?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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