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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. With whom does Wenceslas claim to be dining while he is at Valerie Marneffe's house?
(a) Stidman and Wissembourg.
(b) Vignon and Vauvinet.
(c) Hulot and Crevel.
(d) Chanor and Florent.

2. Why does Valerie want Baron Hulot to bring Wenceslas to dine with them?
(a) She admires his talent.
(b) She wants to humiliate him.
(c) She is awed by his fame.
(d) She wants to seduce him.

3. Who gives money to Adeline's cook so that she may provide a meal for the family?
(a) Baron Hulot.
(b) Marshal Hulot.
(c) Victorin Hulot.
(d) Monsieur Crevel.

4. What solution does Bette offer first when Hortense explains her financial predicament?
(a) She tells Hortense to pawn all of her valuables.
(b) She advises Hortense to sell her diamonds.
(c) She counsels Hortense to ask Adeline for money.
(d) She suggests they help her arrange a marriage to Marshal Hulot.

5. 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 Hector with a pistol.
(d) He threatens Valerie with a pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Adeline read constantly after being banished to her apartment on the Rue Plumet?

2. How many beauty spots does Valerie Marneffe arrange on her person for her first meeting with Wenceslas?

3. What proof of Wenceslas' infidelity does Hortense receive?

4. After Hector receives bad news from Johann Fischer, what bad news does he receive from Valerie in a letter?

5. To whom does Adeline give the little money she has received from the Baron, thereby depriving herself even of food?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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