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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pellerin going to ask the government to create when Frederic sees him with a column of followers in the Latin Quarter?
(a) An Arts Workshop.
(b) A National Museum.
(c) A National Park.
(d) A Committee for Public Safety.

2. On whose behalf is the benefit performance to which Mademoiselle Vatnaz sells Frederic three tickets?
(a) Sénécal.
(b) Hussonet.
(c) Delmar.
(d) Pellerin.

3. What was the occupation of Rosanette's parents in Croix-Rousse in Lyon?
(a) Silk workers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Art dealers.
(d) Circus performers.

4. Who does Frederic viciously criticize at Dussardier's party?
(a) Martinon.
(b) Cisy.
(c) Arnoux.
(d) Roque.

5. Where is Rosanette going with her Russian lover and wants to invite Frederic?
(a) The seaside.
(b) The woods.
(c) The lakes.
(d) The mountains.

6. What is Hussonet's opinion of Le Chevalier de maison rouge that the other guests at Dussardier's party fervently disagree with?
(a) He thinks it is awful and dislikes the style.
(b) He likes the play and thinks it has an important message.
(c) He considers it to be the embodiment of his artistic ideals.
(d) He thinks it is mediocre and could have been written better.

7. What does Dussardier consider to be the source of all evil?
(a) Money.
(b) Desire.
(c) Power.
(d) Fame.

8. What does Frederic tell Marie Arnoux is his only goal in life?
(a) Love.
(b) Her.
(c) Riches.
(d) Fame.

9. What position does Dambreuse offer Frederic in his Consortium of French Coal-mining Companies?
(a) Chief Executive Officer.
(b) Company Secretary.
(c) Vice President of Internal Affairs.
(d) Company President.

10. Who is the prostitute posing as who Frederic sees in the palace?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) The Venus de Milo.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

11. What does Madame Dambreuse ask Frederic immediately after she is widowed?
(a) If he will kill her so she can be with her beloved husband.
(b) If he will marry her.
(c) If he will call a doctor for her.
(d) If he will loan her money.

12. Where do Frederic and Rosanette dine with Cisy and Hussonet after the races?
(a) Rosanette's house.
(b) Trois-Frères-Provençaux.
(c) Café Anglais.
(d) The Alhambra.

13. Who is the chairman of the Club de l'Intelligence?
(a) Dussardier.
(b) Robespierre.
(c) Sénécal.
(d) Danton.

14. At Dambreuse's funeral mass, who has to tell the congregation when to stand up, when to kneel, and when to sit down again?
(a) The master of ceremonies.
(b) The undertaker.
(c) The bishop.
(d) The priest.

15. Why does Frederic decide to return to Paris at the end of Chapter 5 of Part Two?
(a) He is anxious to see Marie Arnoux again.
(b) He is anxious to meet with Dambreuse about business matters.
(c) He is anxious to see Rosanette again.
(d) He needs time away from his mother and Monsieur Roque to think.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the francs that Frederic was going to invest in Deslauriers' project?

2. What wild behavior of her husband does Marie Arnoux comment to Frederic in Chapter 6 of Part Two?

3. What does Frederic throw at Cisy after he insults Marie Arnoux?

4. Seeing which trinket incites an argument between Rosanette and Mademoiselle Vatnaz?

5. What does Pellerin ask Dussardier and Deslauriers to do?

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