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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Frederic spend an excessive amount of money?
(a) The theatre.
(b) L'Art industriel.
(c) Restuarants.
(d) Law school.

2. To whom does Frederic suggest the portrait he commissions be given?
(a) Arnoux.
(b) Oudry.
(c) Delmar.
(d) Dambreuse.

3. What become his principle interests after Deslauriers loses interest in metaphysics?
(a) Aesthetics and Ancient Greece.
(b) Psychoanalysis and the Bolshevik Revolution.
(c) Reconstruction and the American Revolution.
(d) Economics and the French Revolution.

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

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

6. What does Frederic do with the extra allowance his mother sends him for tutoring?
(a) He hires a tutor.
(b) He treats Jacques Arnoux to a fancy dinner.
(c) He buys a necklace for Marie Arnoux.
(d) He purchases fancy clothing.

7. What quality does Frederic most value in terms of his literary taste?
(a) Precision.
(b) Concision.
(c) Balance.
(d) Passion.

8. What is Hussonet's job?
(a) He works for fashion papers and writes advertisements for L'Art Industriel.
(b) He is a painter.
(c) He is an actor in vaudeville.
(d) He owns an art gallery.

9. Who is Frederic returning from visiting in hopes he will include him in his will?
(a) His benefactor.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father-in-law.
(d) His grandmother.

10. Who is the author of this novel?
(a) Honore Balzac.
(b) Frederic Moreau.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Victor Hugo.

11. Where is Marie Arnoux from?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Chartres.
(d) Paris.

12. How does Dambreuse indicate to Frederic that their meeting has ended?
(a) He asks him to leave.
(b) He closes the door.
(c) He shakes his hand.
(d) He bows.

13. Where does Frederic first go looking for Arnoux when he returns to Paris in Chapter 1 of Part Two?
(a) The Alhambra.
(b) Arnoux's house.
(c) Arnoux's favorite café.
(d) L'Art industriel.

14. Which character is dissatisfied with his dining experience at the Trois-Frères-Provençaux?
(a) Regimbart.
(b) Deslauriers.
(c) Arnoux.
(d) Frederic.

15. Which landmark is the crowd gathered around to protest government reforms in Chapter 4?
(a) The Panthéon.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) Notre-Dame.
(d) The Louvre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Marie Arnoux sing during the dinner party?

2. What news does Frederic receive that leads him to return to Paris?

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

4. Whom does Frederic seek out who gives him information on Arnoux's whereabouts?

5. What is the Alhambra?

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