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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the novel begin?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1840.

2. Why does Madame Moreau refuse to have anything to do with Monsieur Roque?
(a) He is a known gambler and thief.
(b) He is a foreigner.
(c) He is the election-rigger for the district.
(d) He is living in sin with his maid.

3. Who is the beautiful woman's husband?
(a) Charles Deslauriers.
(b) Jacques Arnoux.
(c) Frederic Moreau.
(d) Roque Deslauriers.

4. Frederic compares the beautiful woman to the women in which type of novels?
(a) Gothic.
(b) Realist.
(c) Neoclassical.
(d) Romantic.

5. What is the name of the ship on which Frederic travels?
(a) Île-Saint-Louis.
(b) Nogent-sur-Seine.
(c) Le Havre.
(d) Ville de Montereau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award did Frederic Moreau win at his school that made his mother proud?

2. Upon seeing Jacques Arnoux at the theatre accompanied by two other ladies, what does Frederic speculate could have happened to Marie Arnoux?

3. Frederic is worried about his appearance as he goes to visit Dambreuse until he remembers which fact about him?

4. What is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's ambition?

5. How old is Frederic at the beginning of the novel?

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