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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. Whose post in the War Ministry does Baron Hulot attempt to obtain for Marneffe?
(a) Monsieur Coquet's.
(b) Marshal Hulot's.
(c) The Prince of Wissembourg's.
(d) The Duc d'Herounville's.

2. Who is the third man to whom Valerie Marneffe tells he is going to be the father of her child?
(a) Stidman.
(b) Crevel.
(c) Montejanos.
(d) Vignon.

3. What does Monsieur Marneffe do when Hector tries to enter his house after receiving Valerie's letter?
(a) He beats Hector up.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He threatens Valerie with a pistol.
(d) He threatens Hector with a pistol.

4. How does Valerie explain her relationship to Montejanos?
(a) She explains that they had been lovers.
(b) She claims he is Monsieur Marneffe's nephew.
(c) She pretends she has never met him.
(d) She claims they are cousins.

5. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stidman tell Wenceslas to get him to leave his second meeting with Valerie and return home?

2. What does Hortense hide from Wenceslas?

3. How does Lisbeth control Valerie's potential household expenses?

4. What does Hortense tell Wenceslas she would have done in retribution if she had discovered that he was having an affair after their first quarrel?

5. Why does Valerie want Baron Hulot to bring Wenceslas to dine with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What post does Valerie ask Hector to obtain for Marneffe? What complications does Hector face in carrying out this wish for his mistress?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. When he returns home after speaking to Valerie about the impossibility of Marneffe's promotion, what does Hector catch Adeline doing? With what intention did he return to his family that evening?

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

9. In whom does Hector confide his devastation about Valerie? What is this character's response?

10. What happens when Hector goes to visit Valerie after he receives her letter? How does he receive a message from her and what is communicated?

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