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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. Where does Bette convince Wenceslas to go despite Hortense forbidding him from doing so?
(a) Celestin Crevel's house.
(b) His studio.
(c) Valerie Marneffe's house.
(d) Stidman's house.

2. Which biblical figures does Valerie ask Wenceslas to sculpt for her?
(a) David and Goliath.
(b) Samson and Delilah.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Moses and Aaron.

3. 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) A child.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) Fine jewelry.
(d) An opera.

4. What book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?
(a) Imitation of Christ.
(b) The Holy Bible.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Sorrows of Young Werther.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Valerie arrange to meet Montejanos clandestinely after her guests have retired?

2. Whom does Lisbeth dream of marrying?

3. On what condition does Crevel agree to pay for a copy of the biblically-themed figure that Wenceslas is sculpting for Valerie Marneffe?

4. How does Adeline attempt to console Hortense after her first quarrel with Wenceslas?

5. How does Valerie explain her relationship to Montejanos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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