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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dussardier decide to give a party?
(a) To celebrate Frederic's birthday.
(b) To celebrate Sénécal's release from prison.
(c) To celebrate Frederic's engagement to Louise Roque.
(d) To celebrate his raise in salary.

2. Whom does Frederic unexpectedly meet when he goes to Arnoux's factory to fulfill Louise Roque's order?
(a) Sénécal.
(b) Marie Arnoux.
(c) Monsieur Roque.
(d) Dambreuse.

3. Who does Frederic run into at the palace during the looting?
(a) Arnoux.
(b) Dussardier.
(c) Deslauriers.
(d) Hussonet.

4. Seeing which trinket incites an argument between Rosanette and Mademoiselle Vatnaz?
(a) A pearl handled parasol.
(b) A silver pocket watch.
(c) A diamond bracelet.
(d) A gold sheep pendant.

5. What does Rosanette insist Frederic do when he first sees his newborn son?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Hold him.
(c) Name him.
(d) Buy him a pony.

6. What is the estimated worth of the Dambreuse estate?
(a) Three million francs.
(b) Thirty thousand francs.
(c) Three billion francs.
(d) Thirty million francs.

7. Where does Marie Arnoux retire to after Frederic declares his love to her?
(a) A rented villa in Italy.
(b) Her country-house in Saint-Cloud.
(c) A rented cottage in Auteil.
(d) Her mother's house in Chartres.

8. Why does Madame Dambreuse write three letters to Cécile?
(a) She is lonely and misses Cécile since she married and moved away.
(b) Monsieur Dambreuse asks to see her when he is on his deathbed.
(c) She is curious about Cécile's new married life.
(d) She needs money and asks Cécile for a loan.

9. Which character is implicated in a scheme involving carbines that are intercepted in Troyes?
(a) Dussardier.
(b) Dambreuse.
(c) Roque.
(d) Deslauriers.

10. Where does the Russian prince, Rosanette's new lover, see her for the first time?
(a) Café Anglais.
(b) Trois-Frères-Provençaux.
(c) The Alhambra.
(d) At the races.

11. What is Cécile's relationship to Monsieur Dambreuse?
(a) She is his niece.
(b) She is his adopted daughter.
(c) She is his second cousin.
(d) She is his illegitimate daughter.

12. What effect does the change in government have in Paris?
(a) It terrifies everyone.
(b) It makes everyone angry.
(c) It makes everyone cheerful.
(d) It saddens everyone.

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

14. What does Frederic throw at Cisy after he insults Marie Arnoux?
(a) A plate.
(b) A knife.
(c) A book.
(d) A fork.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Frederic's porter give Louise Roque that breaks her heart?

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

3. What is Madame Alessandri's specialty?

4. What is the new name of Hussonet's paper, L'Art?

5. What is Hussonet's opinion of Le Chevalier de maison rouge that the other guests at Dussardier's party fervently disagree with?

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