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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Madame Arnoux spend her estate and her son's inheritance on?
(a) Buying a fancy carriage.
(b) Investing in an art magazine.
(c) A new wardrobe.
(d) Paying off her debts.

2. Where does Frederic begin to work after learning of his meager inheritance?
(a) His own practice in Troyes.
(b) Maître Prouharam's office in Nogent.
(c) Deslauriers' father's practice in Chartres.
(d) L'Art Industriel in Paris.

3. Where does Deslauriers see Marie Arnoux for the first time?
(a) Alhambra.
(b) The Tuileries.
(c) The Law Courts.
(d) L'Art industriel.

4. What does Sénécal believe the sole purpose of art to be?
(a) To please the artist who creates it.
(b) To edify the masses.
(c) To give pleasure to the masses.
(d) To leave a lasting cultural artifact.

5. Who was Frederic hoping to get a look at during his meeting with Dambreuse?
(a) Marie Arnoux.
(b) Madame Moreau.
(c) Madame Dambreuse.
(d) Jacques Arnoux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hussonet tell Frederic that Arnoux is going in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of Frederic's friend from law school who lives with his working-class girlfriend and happily studies law?

3. In what year does the novel begin?

4. From whom does Frederic receive a letter at the end of Chapter 1?

5. Under what pretense does Frederic visit Dambreuse in Chapter 3?

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