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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Monsieur Dambreuse slow to return Deslauriers' messages in Chapter 3 of Part Three?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) He is very concerned with business matters.
(c) He does not like Deslauriers and is ignoring him.
(d) He is out of town on vacation.

2. What lie does Dambreuse tell Martinon about Cécile in an effort to break up the young couple?
(a) Cécile is an orphan and has no dowry.
(b) Cécile is a fallen woman.
(c) Cécile is Martinon's half sister.
(d) Cécile dreams of entering a convent and becoming a nun.

3. Who procures a personal letter from Dambreuse supporting Frederic's candidacy?
(a) Deslauriers.
(b) Madame Dambreuse.
(c) Roque.
(d) Arnoux.

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

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

6. How does Frederic learn that Dussardier was injured in the fighting in Paris?
(a) He reads about it in the newspaper.
(b) He receives a telegram from the National Guard.
(c) He is told about it by Arnoux.
(d) He receives a letter from Deslauriers.

7. What happens to the francs that Frederic was going to invest in Deslauriers' project?
(a) He loses it in a card game.
(b) He loans it to Regimbart.
(c) He invests it in Dambreuses' company.
(d) He loans it to Jacques Arnoux.

8. 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 priest.
(b) The master of ceremonies.
(c) The bishop.
(d) The undertaker.

9. What does Cisy do as soon as the signal to begin the duel is given?
(a) Faints.
(b) Shoots Frederic.
(c) Stabs Frederic.
(d) Runs away.

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

11. 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.

12. 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 marry her.
(d) If he will kill her so she can be with her beloved husband.

13. What is Madame Alessandri's specialty?
(a) Midwifery.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dressmaking.
(d) Hairdressing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is implicated in a scheme involving carbines that are intercepted in Troyes?

2. Who is the man who is dressed as a National Guard shako that Frederic meets on the stairs to Rosanette's house?

3. What does Monsieur Dambreuse propose Frederic announce his candidacy for?

4. Who does Frederic viciously criticize at Dussardier's party?

5. What is the estimated worth of the Dambreuse estate?

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