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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. What does Stidman tell Wenceslas to get him to leave his second meeting with Valerie and return home?
(a) His wife is dying.
(b) His son is dying.
(c) His wife is in trouble.
(d) His son is ill.

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

3. When Hector Hulot returns home from Valerie's house after hearing of the problem between Wenceslas and Hortense, what does he discover Adeline doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Praying.

4. How does Hortense react upon learning that Wenceslas has lied to her about his whereabouts?
(a) She becomes sad, shouts and begins to cry.
(b) She faints and has nervous convulsions.
(c) She starts breaking things in the room and has to be restrained.
(d) She laughs it off.

5. What does Baron Hulot agree to provide for Valerie Marneffe's second child?
(a) A job in government service when he reaches adulthood.
(b) The Hulot family name.
(c) Twelve hundred francs per year.
(d) A place to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of woman does Monsieur Crevel confess to Lisbeth that he has never had until his relationship with Valerie?

2. What does Monsieur Marneffe do when Hector tries to enter his house after receiving Valerie's letter?

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?

4. How does Valerie explain her relationship to Montejanos?

5. What significant change to his appearance does Valerie induce Baron Hulot to make?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does the regimental quartermaster from Algeria bring to Hector? What was he expecting the quartermaster to have brought him?

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

5. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

10. What has happened to Wenceslas professionally in the three years since he has married Hortense? To what is this change attributed?

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