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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. Early in their relationship, who refuses to accompany the Baron to Valerie's house despite her entreaties?
(a) Madame Crevel.
(b) Monsieur Stidman.
(c) Wenceslas Steinbock.
(d) Monsieur Coquet.

2. How much does Crevel agree to pay for a copy of the silver group ordered by Valerie?
(a) A thousand crowns.
(b) Fifteen hundred pounds.
(c) Three thousand sous.
(d) Ten thousand francs.

3. What circumstances led to Stidman's introduction to Valerie in the Rue Vaneau?
(a) His need for a loan.
(b) The end of his friendship with Wenceslas.
(c) His need for a job.
(d) The end of his relationship with Madame Schontz.

4. What does Wenceslas produce in the early part of his marriage in addition to and contrasting with the statue he has been hired to design by the Prince of Wissembourg?
(a) Fine jewelry.
(b) An opera.
(c) A book of poetry.
(d) A child.

5. What does Hortense decide to do after she receives proof of Wenceslas' infidelity?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Pack her things and move in with her mother.
(c) Kill Wenceslas.
(d) Take Stidman as a lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortense hide from Wenceslas?

2. What is Vauvinet's profession?

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

4. Who inadvertently informs Hortense that Wenceslas had lied to her about his whereabouts the evening that he dined with Valerie Marneffe?

5. To which Shakespeare character does the narrator compare Montejanos, due to his physique and complexion?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Valerie use her pregnancy to benefit financially and socially? Which men are affected by this news?

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

4. 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?

5. In his letter to the Baron, what does Johann Fischer ask for? What is his plan if Hector cannot help him?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. What news is in the letter to Wenceslas from Valerie? What plan does she concoct for the interception of the letter and why?

10. What does Adeline advise Hortense to do after her first quarrel with Wenceslas over Valerie Marneffe? What does Adeline reveal to her daughter about her own marriage?

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