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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. Who intercepts the letter that Valerie writes to Wenceslas?
(a) Lisbeth.
(b) Hortense.
(c) Adeline.
(d) Stidman.

2. What news does Valerie reveal to Wenceslas in the first letter she writes to him?
(a) She is canceling her order.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is moving into a new house.
(d) She is hosting a party.

3. When Crevel goes to Valerie's flat the morning after his revelation to Hulot, whom does he find at the breakfast table with her?
(a) Hulot and Steinbock.
(b) Lisbeth and Hulot.
(c) Montejanos and Steinbock.
(d) Montejanos and Lisbeth.

4. Where does Wenceslas tell Hortense he plans to go early the next morning following his dinner with Valerie?
(a) The bank.
(b) The War Ministry.
(c) Church.
(d) His studio.

5. How do Crevel and Hulot feel about Montejanos' arrival?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening when the arrival of the Baron Montes de Montejanos is announced?

2. What circumstances led to Stidman's introduction to Valerie in the Rue Vaneau?

3. What does Hortense hide from Wenceslas?

4. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?

5. How does Valerie explain her relationship to Montejanos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three beauty spots that Valerie Marneffe arranges for her first meeting with Wenceslas? What is Wenceslas' impression of Valerie?

2. After their initial clandestine meetings, what message does Hector receive in the form of a letter from Valerie? What reason does she give for a change of plans? What is the real reason?

3. What problem with her husband does Valerie alert Hector to in a letter? What solution does she suggest to this predicament? How does Hector respond to this suggestion?

4. What solution does Bette give for Hortense and Wenceslas' money troubles? Why does Hortense object to this solution?

5. What plan does Adeline conceive to save her uncle? What is the outcome?

6. Whom does Hector ask to solve his compromising situation with the Marneffes? What does this character do to help the Baron?

7. Who interrupts Valerie and Hector during their clandestine meeting in Crevel's love nest? By whom is this character accompanied? What does this character tell the Baron about Valerie Marneffe and her husband?

8. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive? What does she decide to do after she receives this proof and why?

9. What publication makes Lisbeth so happy? What event begins a chain of events that will end this happiness?

10. Besides the news of the embezzlement scheme in the newspaper, what other news item is featured in the Revue des Beaux-Arts? What is Hortense's reaction to this item?

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