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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the IOU payable that Arnoux forces his wife to sign?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Monsieur Roque.
(c) Monsieur Dambreuse.
(d) Hussonet.

2. What is the name of the beautiful woman's daughter?
(a) Mademoiselle Marie.
(b) Mademoiselle Mirabella.
(c) Mademoiselle Marthe.
(d) Mademoiselle Margueritte.

3. How old is Frederic at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 16 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 40 years old.
(d) 20 years old.

4. What become his principle interests after Deslauriers loses interest in metaphysics?
(a) Economics and the French Revolution.
(b) Reconstruction and the American Revolution.
(c) Aesthetics and Ancient Greece.
(d) Psychoanalysis and the Bolshevik Revolution.

5. Why is Dussardier arrested by the police?
(a) He stole two loaves of bread.
(b) He is a government spy.
(c) He is a murderer.
(d) He attacked a police officer who was beating a young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frederic hope to meet Marie Arnoux every time he walks through it?

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

3. Whom does Frederic seek out who gives him information on Arnoux's whereabouts?

4. Upon seeing Jacques Arnoux at the theatre accompanied by two other ladies, what does Frederic speculate could have happened to Marie Arnoux?

5. Which landmark is the crowd gathered around to protest government reforms in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whom does Madame Moreau borrow money? How does she pay off this debt? How does this affect Frederic's future?

2. What does Hussonet do for a living? What is his professional ambition? What has he done to pursue this dream?

3. What does Pellerin do for a living? What type of books does he read? What is the secret he is trying to discover? Why?

4. When Frederic and Deslauriers begin living together in Chapter 5, what is their relationship like? How do they divide the labor and costs of living?

5. What situation precludes Frederic and Deslauriers from realizing their plans together? What is Frederic's reaction to his news?

6. What is Jacques Arnoux's business reputation? Why does Pellerin become so angry with him?

7. Who is the host of the costume party to which Arnoux brings Frederic? What is this person's relationship to Arnoux?

8. Whom does Frederic immediately go to visit when he hears that Jacques Arnoux has gone to Germany? What surprise is waiting for him? Where is the person he was looking for?

9. What are some of Frederic's artistic ambitions? What art has he already produced at this point?

10. What kind of trouble does Frederic discover Arnoux is experiencing? With whom does he discuss this? What does he learn?

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