View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What award did Frederic Moreau win at his school that made his mother proud?
(a) Perfect Attendance.
(b) Most Likely to Succeed.
(c) Best Pupil of the Year.
(d) Most Improved.

2. How much money do Hussonet and Deslauriers convince Frederic to invest in their political newspaper?
(a) 100,000 francs.
(b) 50,000 francs
(c) 15,000 francs.
(d) 10,000 francs.

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

4. Where does Jacques Arnoux tell Frederic that his wife has gone?
(a) To vacation in Germany.
(b) To visit her sister in Andalusia.
(c) To visit her sick mother.
(d) To vacation in Italy.

5. What is the name of Frederic's aristocratic friend from law school whom Frederic considers to be very dim?
(a) Monsieur de Cisy.
(b) Charles Deslauriers.
(c) Baptiste Martinon.
(d) Sénécal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Professor Samuel Rondelot's area of academic specialty?

2. Who is the author of this novel?

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

4. Where is the restaurant located in which Frederic dines daily at a cost of only forty-three sous?

5. Why does Madame Moreau refuse to have anything to do with Monsieur Roque?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample