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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michel's weakened condition show him?
(a) That he hates school.
(b) Little things he's taken for granted before.
(c) That he does not love his new wife.
(d) How to make shadow puppets as he lies in bed.

2. How much money does Michel spend on furnishing his new dwelling?
(a) An exorbitant amount.
(b) Not much at all.
(c) A reasonable amount.
(d) Not as much as his wife would like.

3. What does the last traveler to Biskra learn about Michel there?
(a) Michel liked going to the park alone and liked spending time with the boys instead of his wife.
(b) That he had contracted a venereal disease there and took a long time to recuperate.
(c) That Michel was there alone for a short vacation.
(d) That Michel stole something from a boy in the park.

4. Who does Michel find when he returns to the new walking place alone one evening?
(a) Menalgue.
(b) His wife.
(c) A deformed little boy.
(d) A handsome 12-year-old goatherd.

5. What happens the night Michel and his wife arrive at the destination they set out for in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) They consummate their marriage.
(b) They go shopping.
(c) They entertain small boys in their hotel room.
(d) They argue over the carriage incident.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Michel walk away from Marceline?

2. Which character believes that each joy and sorrow must be abandoned immediately to make room for the next new thing?

3. What impacts Marceline's feelings about the social activities of their life in Part 2, Chapter 2?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 8, who is driving the carriage in which Michel's wife is riding?

5. What does the information Michel receives in the mail regarding his illness show him?

(see the answer key)

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