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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What insult is thrown at Deslauriers that started the schoolyard fight that begins his friendship with Frederic?
(a) Rat.
(b) Beggar's brat.
(c) Big boy.
(d) Rich boy.

2. What title did Dambreuse have that he dropped?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Esquire.
(c) Comte.
(d) Professor.

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

4. Upon seeing Jacques Arnoux at the theatre accompanied by two other ladies, what does Frederic speculate could have happened to Marie Arnoux?
(a) She divorced Jacques Arnoux.
(b) She is out of town.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She is sick.

5. What item is lost during his arrest that Dussardier asks for multiple times?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His box.
(c) His lunchbox.
(d) His backpack.

6. Where does Frederic accompany Marie Arnoux in Chapter 5?
(a) Shopping.
(b) To visit her mother.
(c) To L'Art Industriel.
(d) To the theatre.

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

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

9. What does the marble plaque on Rue Montemartre say that catches Frederic's eye as he leaves his meeting with Dambreuse?
(a) JACQUES ARNOUX.
(b) L'ARTE INDUSTRIEL.
(c) VILLE DE MONTEREAU.
(d) SAINT-HYACINTHE.

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

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

12. What is the name of Frederic's friend from law school who lives with his working-class girlfriend and happily studies law?
(a) Baptiste Martinon.
(b) Jacques Arnoux.
(c) Charles Deslauriers
(d) Monsieur de Cisy.

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

14. From whom does Frederic receive a second invitation on the same day he receives an invitation to Marie Arnoux's name-day party?
(a) Deslauriers.
(b) His uncle.
(c) The Dambreuses.
(d) Monsieur Roque.

15. Why does Frederic decide not to make a place for Deslauriers in his new townhouse?
(a) Deslauriers is still living happily with Sénécal.
(b) He thinks it will be embarrassing if he ever has a mistress visit him.
(c) Deslauriers is living with his girlfriend.
(d) He thinks Deslauriers' manners and politics will offend his other visitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship on which Frederic travels?

2. Why does Sénécal lose his job for the third time?

3. What is Mademoiselle Vatnaz's ambition?

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

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

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