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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Frederic prepare to become an artist at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) He visits art museums.
(b) He studies the great masters.
(c) He buys paints, brushes, and an easel.
(d) He reads books on aesthetics.

3. Where is the restaurant located in which Frederic dines daily at a cost of only forty-three sous?
(a) The Tuileries.
(b) Ronde-Point.
(c) The Champs-Elysées.
(d) Rue de la Harpe.

4. In Chapter 2 of Part Two, which women in his life does Frederic compare to wild, playful and amusing music, and solemn and almost religious music, respectively?
(a) Madame Rosanette and Madame Arnoux.
(b) Madame Dambreuse and Madame Roque.
(c) Mademoiselle Roque and Mademoiselle Vatnaz.
(d) Madame Arnoux and Madame Moreau.

5. What is Frederic planning to study?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Education.
(d) Writing.

6. 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 goes to visit his mother.
(c) He buys a necklace for Marie Arnoux.
(d) He treats Jacques Arnoux to dinner.

7. Who is the host of the costume party to which Arnoux invites Frederic?
(a) Madame Rosanette.
(b) Madame Dambreuse.
(c) Madame Moreau.
(d) Madame Arnoux.

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

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

10. 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 owns an art gallery.
(d) He is an actor in vaudeville.

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

12. Why does Madame Moreau refuse to have anything to do with Monsieur Roque?
(a) He is living in sin with his maid.
(b) He is a foreigner.
(c) He is the election-rigger for the district.
(d) He is a known gambler and thief.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frederic ask Hussonet to take him?

2. To whom is the IOU payable that Arnoux forces his wife to sign?

3. Where does Frederic run into the Dambreuses at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Why has Hussonet begun to dislike actors?

5. What item is lost during his arrest that Dussardier asks for multiple times?

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