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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman whose beauty captivates Frederic doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Embroidering.
(d) Singing.

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

3. What is Dussardier's most prized possession?
(a) His car.
(b) His pipe.
(c) His watch.
(d) His box.

4. Which British writer did Frederic seek to emulate in his youth?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Walter Scott.
(d) Lord Byron.

5. 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.

6. What business does Jacques Arnoux take up after leaving the art business?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Ceramics.
(d) Banking.

7. What does Marie Arnoux do with the roses that her husband gives her at her party?
(a) Gives them to Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(b) Puts them in a vase.
(c) Destroys them.
(d) Throws them out of the window of the carriage.

8. Why does Regimbart like to visit cafés and billiard saloons?
(a) To make business connections.
(b) To gamble.
(c) To drink.
(d) To talk about politics.

9. Frederic is worried about his appearance as he goes to visit Dambreuse until he remembers which fact about him?
(a) He is a member of the working class.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is just a bourgeois.
(d) He will not be home.

10. Where does Frederic hope to meet Marie Arnoux every time he walks through it?
(a) The Tuileries.
(b) Rond-Point.
(c) Rue de la Harpe.
(d) The Champs-Elysées.

11. Under what pretense does Frederic visit Dambreuse in Chapter 3?
(a) To offer his services as a poet.
(b) To deliver a packet of papers for Monsieur Roque.
(c) To ask for a loan to pay for his legal studies.
(d) To ask for his daughter's hand in marriage.

12. What is the name of the man that Frederic meets on the ship?
(a) Charles Deslauriers.
(b) Jacques Montmartre.
(c) Roque Deslauriers.
(d) Jacques Arnoux.

13. What is LÁrt industriel?
(a) A ship.
(b) A style of painting.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) An organization that is half art magazine and half art gallery.

14. What type of work is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's book, A Young Ladies' Garland?
(a) Epic.
(b) Educational.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Romantic.

15. What does Frederic do with the money he gets from selling his new outfit to a second-hand clothes dealer?
(a) He hires a tutor.
(b) He treats Jacques Arnoux to dinner.
(c) He goes to visit his mother.
(d) He buys a necklace for Marie Arnoux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What become his principle interests after Deslauriers loses interest in metaphysics?

2. What is the title of the novel that Frederic begins to write?

3. What piece of evidence does Marie Arnoux produce during their argument to prove her husband's infidelity?

4. Which landmark is the crowd gathered around to protest government reforms in Chapter 4?

5. Why is Frederic hesitant to introduce Deslauriers to Arnoux?

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